Is cash a thing of the past? Certainly not! It is an important means of payment and will remain so in the future. A central bank should be well prepared in this respect. In this age of automation and digitalisation, it is important to address the right questions and make adjustments for the future. The CIC has an interesting proposal relating to this issue.

The Macedonian king Alexander the Great is considered to this day to be a great general and conqueror. At the head of his army, he invaded the Persian Empire, the largest and most powerful of its time, which stretched from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean to the Indian subcontinent.

Changing jobs in the midst of a pandemic is challenging, especially if the new post is abroad. Jens Reich, Marie-Therese Gold, Michael Schardt and Alexander Lieber now work for the Bundesbank overseas. 

A list of publications which are based on direct investment micro data (MiDi).

The Deutsche Bundesbank's Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue fosters the exchange of expertise with central banks and monetary authorities around the world and, by doing so, makes an important contribution to international monetary and financial stability.

The Bundesbank has two stand-alone representative offices – one in New York and the other in Tokyo and many Bundesbank representatives, who are posted at German embassies or consulates general all over the world.

The Bank Al-Maghrib hosted a three-part series of seminars led by the Bundesbank on the topics of financial stability, banking supervision and cash management. At the AMF, the focus was on green finance.