A Bundesbank survey shows that individuals living in Germany suffered different types of financial losses during the pandemic. Primarily individuals with lower incomes reported losses in wages and salaries which persisted much longer than other financial losses, such as falling securities prices. The latter were frequently reported at the start of the pandemic, but were subsequently offset at least partly, according to the respondents. It was mainly the more persistent wage and salary losses that changed households’ consumption and saving decisions. Altered saving and consumption behaviour can, in turn, affect the transmission of monetary policy measures.

In der aktuellen Ausgabe informieren wir Sie unter anderem über unsre Studie zum Zahlungsverhalten in Deutschland, die TARGET2/T2S-Konsolidierung, ECMS sowie über unsere zweite "International Conference on Payments and Settlement"

The RDSC data reports describe the RDSC’s data in detail. In addition to RDSC staff and data experts in the Bundesbank’s business units, all authors working with the Bundesbank’s microdata can use the series as publication media.

Fotos der Veranstaltung vom 14. und 15. Juli 2022 in Eltville am Rhein.

The September 2022 edition of the Monthly Report features an article on how the negative interest rate policy period and the pandemic are reflected in the Bank Lending Survey, and analyses the effects of reallocation in the corporate sector during the pandemic on developments in productivity. In other articles, the Monthly Report outlines the profitability of German credit institutions in 2021 and discusses the role of the International Monetary Fund in preventing and managing crises.

Scientific study on the expectations of firms in Germany

Monatsberichtsaufsatz September 2022