According to Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, banks need to take adequate account of climate-related financial risks in their risk management. “If financing environmentally harmful projects were to become less attractive as a result, that would be a welcome side effect,” he said in a speech.

Die Jahreswachstumsrate der weit gefassten Geldmenge M3 lag im Oktober 2019 unverändert gegenüber dem Vormonat bei 5,6 % (nicht revidiert: 5,5 %).

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has drawn attention to the dangers of an even longer period of negative interest rates. "Holding interest rates lower for even longer would aggravate the risks and side effects of a very expensionary monetary policy", he said at this year‘s European Banking Congress in Frankfurt.

In the view of Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, the ECB Governing Council’s forward guidance has contributed to lowering long-term interest rates and stimulating the euro area economy. However, at the 2019 European Banking Congress in Frankfurt, he also highlighted the risks and side effects of a highly expansionary monetary policy. ECB President Christine Lagarde called for increased public investment.