The Eurosystem’s monetary policy from 2020 was shaped by the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in inflation from 2021. This ultimately led to a series of Eurosystem policy rate hikes totalling 450 basis points (from July 2022 to September 2023).

To collateralise all credit operations, the Eurosystem requires counterparties to provide adequate eligible assets in accordance with Article 18.1 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Assets need to fulfil a number of criteria to be accepted as eligible collateral by the Eurosystem. 

Statement von Vorstandsmitglied Joachim Wuermeling zu Covid-19 und die Auswirkungen auf die Banken in Deutschland.

Covid-19 und die Auswirkungen auf die Banken in Deutschland – über dieses Thema haben Vertreter der Kreditwirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft und Bankenaufsicht am 5. Mai 2020 diskutiert.

Between 2021 and 2023, the average amount of wealth per household in Germany grew slightly in nominal terms, but declined in real terms, i.e. when adjusted for inflation. This is the finding of a Bundesbank study that regularly examines household wealth and finances. Nevertheless, net wealth remains at a higher level in both nominal and real terms than in 2017, when the Bundesbank carried out its last survey before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Selected papers by Bundesbank researchers accepted for publication or recently published.

What are households’ expectations? Since 2019, the Deutsche Bundesbank has been investigating this question by surveying households in Germany on a regular basis (Bundesbank Online Panel Households).

Market risk is the risk of losses in on- and off-balance sheet risk positions arising from movements in market prices. Under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR), credit institutions are required to hold own funds for market risk to cover foreign exchange risk and commodities risk in their non-trading and trading books as well as position risk (risk of positions in debt and equity instruments) in their trading book. They can use either the standardised approach or internal risk models to calculate their market risk.

Der Median der von den Verbraucherinnen und Verbrauchern in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten wahrgenommenen Inflation blieb unverändert, ebenso der Median ihrer Erwartungen für die Inflation in drei und in fünf Jahren; jener der Erwartungen bezüglich der Inflation in den kommenden zwölf Monaten nahm unterdessen weiter zu.

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