Last year, the Bundesbank’s annual accounts were shaped by the increase in the key interest rates. For the 2023 financial year, the Bundesbank reports a balanced financial result because it was able to use its financial buffers to cushion burdens in the double-digit billions. To this end, the Bundesbank released its risk provisions in full and reduced its reserves. We expect the burdens to be considerable again for the current year. They are likely to exceed the remaining reserves, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel at the press conference presenting the Bundesbank’s annual accounts

Last year, the Bundesbank’s annual accounts were shaped by the increase in the key interest rates. For the 2023 financial year, the Bundesbank reports a balanced financial result because it was able to use its financial buffers to cushion burdens in the double-digit billions. To this end, the Bundesbank released its risk provisions in full and reduced its reserves. We expect the burdens to be considerable again for the current year. They are likely to exceed the remaining reserves, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel at the press conference presenting the Bundesbank’s annual accounts

According to the latest Bundesbank projections, the German economy will recover following a deep recession in the second quarter of this year. Economic output is estimated to shrink by 7% in 2020, but in the next two years, real gross domestic product (GDP) will then increase by 3 to 4% per year.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute die Ergebnisse einer umfassenden Bewertung (Comprehensive Assessment) der UBS Europe SE und der Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Designated Activity Company veröffentlicht.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) und die Banca Naţională a României (BNR) haben sich auf eine Vereinbarung über eine Repo-Linie zur Bereitstellung von Euro-Liquidität verständigt. Hierdurch soll ein möglicher Liquiditätsbedarf der BNR aufgrund von Marktstörungen infolge des Covid-19-Schocks gedeckt werden.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen blieb im April 2020 mit 1,48 % nahezu unverändert, während jener für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte aufgrund des Zinseffekts um 5 Basispunkte auf 1,44 % stieg.