The so-called Blessing letter, dated 30 March 1967, forms part of the correspondence between the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank at the time, Karl Blessing, and the then Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, William Martin. Blessing addresses US concerns that the Bundesbank might convert US dollars into gold on a massive scale.

German economic activity remained weak in the final quarter of 2019. Industry was the main factor weighing on aggregate output towards the end of the year, the Bundesbank’s economists write in the most recent edition of their Monthly Report. House price inflation in Germany lessened last year.

The Deutsche Bundesbank is putting the results of its architectural competition for the planned new buildings at its Central Office premises in Frankfurt am Main out on display. The exhibition at the German Architecture Museum, featuring the 29 architectural designs submitted, was opened to the public today with a press conference that simultaneously served as a virtual opening.

The architectural design competition for the planned new builds on the campus of the Bundesbank’s Frankfurt Central Office has come to a close. A jury of 13, made up of renowned architects and representatives from the Bundesbank and the City of Frankfurt am Main, concluded two days of deliberations by selecting six prize winners and awarding two honourable mentions out of a total of 29 designs entered in the competition.

According to Bundesbank data, housing prices in Germany showed a further sharp rise last year. The Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report reveals that prices outside the urban areas were also going up at a faster pace than in the years before.

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber, Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank, Verabschiedung von Herrn Matysik / Begrüßung von Herrn Tigges

In Dortmund hat die Bundesbank die Grundsteinlegung für ihre neue Filiale feierlich begangen. Im Jahr 2019 wird der neue Standort die Wirtschaft im Ruhrgebiet mit Bargeld versorgen.