Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Coordinating Minister for Social and Economic Policies, spoke on 5 December 2017 at the Goethe University. The entire lecture, including questions and answers, is available as video.

Bundesbankvizepräsidentin Claudia Buch und Vorstandsmitglied Andreas Dombret stellten am 29. November 2017 in Frankfurt am Main den Finanzstabilitätsbericht der Bundesbank vor.

Bundesbank Deputy President Claudia Buch and Executive Board member Andreas Dombret unveiled the Bundesbank's Financial Stability Review in Frankfurt am Main.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret takes a positive view of the latest reforms in banking regulation. Speaking at an event in Frankfurt am Main, he noted that an effective and, at the same time, balanced path had been taken. He reminded the audience that the agreed reforms now need to be rigorously implemented.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele hailed the success of the TARGET2 payment system as he marked ten years since its launch. Speaking at an anniversary reception in Frankfurt am Main, Thiele highlighted the role that the single shared platform for central bank money transfers has played in forging a highly integrated Eurosystem money market.

True to the maxim that a euro can only ever be spent once, it is often thought that foreign direct investment by German firms means that those firms reduce their investment in Germany. A new study examines this hypothesis, exploring the relationship between domestic and foreign investment.

The Monthly Report November 2017 comments on the economic situation in Germany in autumn 2017.