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Weidmann: Central banks should take adequate account of climate-related financial risks
23.11.2020 DE FR
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out in favour of central banks taking adequate account in their risk management of climate-related financial risks that could arise from their monetary policy operations. He argues it is therefore legitimate to expect better information to be provided.
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"Purchase of government bonds harbours risks"
27.01.2015 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann is critical of the ECB Governing Council's recent decision to purchase government bonds. He does not consider such a programme necessary at present, and sees a risk that the purchases might reduce the pressure on crisis countries to reform. He said that the specific structure would mitigate at least some of the problems that government bond purchases entail.
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Weidmann: Do not commit to very loose monetary policy stance for too long
24.11.2021 DE FR
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann reiterated his call for monetary policy as a whole to be normalised if required to achieve the objective of price stability. “Ultimately, that also means reducing large bond holdings,” he said at the ceremony to mark the change of office at the Bundesbank’s Regional Office in North Rhine-Westphalia. Speaking at the hybrid event, Mr Weidmann bid farewell to Margarete Müller, who has headed the Regional Office for eight years. She is being succeeded by Jochen Metzger, who was most recently Director General Payments and Settlement Systems.
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Nagel: Bundesbank will continue to make its voice heard as an advocate for a culture of stability
11.01.2022 DE FR
“Stability is the Bundesbank’s mission and its core,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel emphasised in his inaugural speech at the change of office ceremony in Frankfurt am Main. “The German public expect, and rightly so, that the Bundesbank will make its voice heard as an advocate for a culture of stability. I can reassure them that it will continue to do so,” he said. At the same time, the Bundesbank should rise to the challenges that change brings and harness the opportunities it offers.
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Weidmann: Large-scale borrowing at the EU level should remain a one-off crisis measure
21.10.2020 DE FR
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has expressed unease about the EU’s extensive joint borrowing to fund the Recovery and Resilience Facility in response to the coronavirus crisis. “
This kind of borrowing should remain a one-off crisis measure,
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Weidmann: Debt brake is not an impediment to forward-looking investment
27.05.2021 DE FR
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann refuted the harsh criticism directed at the debt brake by some. In a speech delivered in honour of the 70th anniversary of the German Economic Institute, he said that it was “
not an impediment to forward-looking investment and a modern state
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Weidmann: Finanzierungsbedingungen sollten sich im Einklang mit wirtschaftlicher Erholung entwickeln
01.04.2021 No English translation available
Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann misst den Finanzierungsbedingungen auf dem Weg zur Preisstabilität eine wichtige Funktion bei. „
Aus meiner Sicht sollten sich die Finanzierungsbedingungen im Einklang mit der wirtschaftlichen Erholung im Euroraum entwickeln können. Es geht also gerade nicht darum, ein bestimmtes Zinsniveau geldpolitisch zu zementieren
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Bundesbank setting up global innovation centre in Frankfurt and Paris
01.07.2020 DE FR
The Bundesbank is about to become a hub for joint digital financial innovations developed by central banks from all over the world. Together, the French central bank and the Bundesbank will set up an innovation centre in Frankfurt am Main and Paris. Both banks are thus part of the Bank for International Settlements’ global “BIS Innovation Hub” network.
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Billiges Geld kann teuer werden Langfristig bergen niedrige Zinsen Gefahren
01.08.2013 No English translation available
Banken im Euro-Raum können sich derzeit so günstig Geld bei der Europäischen Zentralbank leihen wie nie zuvor. Langfristig bergen niedrige Zinsen allerdings Gefahren.
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Weidmann underscores risks of extensive government bond purchases
17.12.2020 DE FR
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann sees a need for monetary policy action stemming from the subdued medium-term inflation in the euro area. However, he also considers it crucial that the share of outstanding government bonds held by central banks does not become too large. “Otherwise, we would be running the risk of gaining a dominant market influence and smoothing out the differences in risk premia for government bonds,” Mr Weidmann said in a speech delivered virtually at the Humboldt University in Berlin.