German economic output is likely to have gone up slightly again in the second quarter of 2023, according to the Monthly Report. Private consumption has stabilised after previously having fallen. According to the experts, the fact that the labour market remained in good shape, wages rose sharply and price inflation did not continue to accelerate contributed to this development. Meanwhile, the decline in foreign demand was a drag on industry and the rise in funding costs dampened domestic investment. The Bundesbank is expecting the economy to recover haltingly later in the year.

The balance sheet statistical reporting requirements of the financial sector consist of banks, institutional investors such as insurance companies and investment companies and SPVs

The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors are set to meet in Gandhinagar, India, from 17 to 18 July. Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel will attend the two-day meeting, which will focus on issues including the current situation in the global economy, sustainability in the financial system and the regulation of crypto-assets.

Here you will find fact sheets concerning the payment services. 

Die Bruttoemissionen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lagen im Mai 2023 mit 168,5 Mrd € deutlich über dem Wert des Vormonats (127,9 Mrd €). Nach Abzug der Tilgungen und unter Berücksichtigung der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf heimischer Rentenwerte um 34,0 Mrd €.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €8.9 billion in May 2023, down €13.4 billion on the previous month’s level. This was because invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, switched to a deficit. The surplus in the goods account remained virtually unchanged.

Die Finanzaufsicht BaFin und die Deutsche Bundesbank informieren über aktuelle Empfehlungen zur Verordnung über Märkte für Kryptowerte.

Die aggregierte harte Kernkapitalquote ist im ersten Quartal 2023 auf 15,53 % gestiegen.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) lädt alle Europäerinnen und Europäer dazu ein, über die Themen für die nächste Serie von Euro-Banknoten abzustimmen. In der Zeit vom 10. Juli bis zum 31. August 2023 können alle Interessierten aus dem Euroraum dazu an einer Umfrage auf der EZB-Website teilnehmen.

Upon invitation by the Research Centre, Benjamin M. Friedman, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, held a lecture entitled “Central banks’ battle against inflation: Implications for monetary policy”. It was followed by a panel discussion featuring Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel, Fritzi Köhler-Geib (Chief Economist, KfW Group) and Jens Ulbrich (Director General Economics, Deutsche Bundesbank). 

Bis zum 31. August 2023 können die Menschen in Europa ihre Meinung zu einer Vorauswahl von sieben Themen abgeben. Der EZB-Rat wird seine Entscheidung zur Themenauswahl voraussichtlich bis 2024 treffen, 2026 dürfte das finale Design der Banknoten feststehen.

After adjustment for special factors in 2021, the consolidation process in the German banking sector, which has been going on for many years now, continued in 2022. Over the course of the year, the overall number of credit institutions fell by 61 (160 in the previous year) to 1,458.

Um nach dem 1. Februar 2014 am Lastschriftverfahren teilnehmen zu können, müssen Unternehmen u.a. eine Gläubiger-Identifikationsnummer besitzen. Die Ausgabe der Nummern übernimmt in Deutschland die Bundesbank in Abstimmung mit der Deutschen Kreditwirtschaft (DK). Anträge können nur elektronisch gestellt werden.

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Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel believes that a further rise in interest rates will be necessary. Be that as it may, he told the audience at the Bundesbank symposium “Banking supervision in dialogue”, how high they still need to go was impossible to say at this point in time – it would depend on how on inflation developed, which he saw as being highly uncertain. Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch referred to the many challenges for banks posed by the trends of digitalisation, demographics, decarbonisation and deglobalisation. BaFin President Mark Branson warned of greenwashing in the financial sector.