Since 2014, the Single Supervisory Mechanism has been responsible for supervising banks in the euro area. The new banking supervision system consists of the European Central Bank and the national competent authorities of the participating countries.

Die Leistungsbilanz wies im Dezember 2023 einen Überschuss von 32 Mrd. € auf (nach 22 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

German economic output contracted in the final quarter of 2023, according to the February Monthly Report. Weak demand from abroad was still putting a strain on industry, while higher financing costs continued to dampen investment. Bundesbank economists believe that uncertainty about transformation and climate policy is also likely to have weighed on economic activity. Some headwinds will probably persist into the first quarter of 2024 as well. Economic output could therefore decline again somewhat. 

Apart from its own bilateral and multilateral projects, the Bundesbank is engaged in projects financed by third parties. These alone account for one-third of the Centre for Technical Central Bank Cooperation’s activities.

Here you will find all publications on the subject of "External debt".

Finalisierter Leitfaden zu internen Modellen umfasst Überarbeitungen zu allgemeinen Modellthemen sowie zum Kredit-, Markt- und Gegenparteiausfallrisiko. Weitere Klarheit über die Auslegung der EZB von Regelungen zu internen Modellen. Berücksichtigung klimabezogener Risiken, Konkretisierung von Anforderungen an einheitliche Definitionen zu Kreditausfall, Gegenparteiausfallrisiko, Ausfallrisiko im Handelsbuch sowie Erläuterung der Möglichkeiten für die Rückkehr zum Standardansatz.

The National Cash Forum has been established on the initiative of the Bundesbank, the being, as Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz put it, to preserve cash as an efficient and widely used means of payment in a changing payment landscape. The forum will facilitate close dialogue between the associations of the banking industry, retail trade, consumer protection, the CIT industry, vending machine operators and the Bundesbank. The industry is set to meet here at least once a year.