House prices in Germany fell significantly in 2023, according to the Bundesbank’s current Monthly Report. Residential properties were no longer affordable for many people owing to high inflation and increased interest rates. Demand for housing declined, increasingly shifting to the rental market, and the already high inflation in rents saw a significant further acceleration, the economists write. Overvaluations in the real estate market came down in 2023, but were not fully eliminated. The authors therefore believe that there is still a certain risk of price corrections.

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

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. 

Central banks base their monetary policy on balance sheet data from banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as from households, businesses, and parts of the government. These reports provide important information about behavior and developments in the respective sectors.

Vorstandsmitglied Burkhard Balz hat die neue Repräsentanz der Bundesbank in Brüssel eröffnet und das deutsche Team im House of the Euro vorgestellt. Zahlreiche Gäste, wie auch die SSM-Vorsitzende Claudia Buch und der deutsche Botschafter in Belgien, Martin Kotthaus, nutzten die Gelegenheit zum Austausch.

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