Last year, the Deutsche Bundesbank successfully completed the transfer of its gold stocks from New York. "The realisation of the gold storage plan is therefore well ahead of the original schedule," said Carl-Ludwig Thiele, Member of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board, at a press conference in Frankfurt am Main.

The Deutsche Bundesbank has published a list detailing its holdings of gold bars, broken down by custodian. This list contains information about the bar numbers, the melt or inventory numbers, the gross and fine weight as well as the fineness of the individual gold bars.

Die Bilanzsumme der Deutschen Bundesbank ist in der Corona-Pandemie erheblich gewachsen. Diese Ausweitung ist Ausdruck der starken geldpolitischen Unterstützung in der Krise und dürfte die Bilanz auf absehbare Zeit maßgeblich beeinflussen. Insofern ist die Bilanz einer Notenbank nicht zuletzt auch Spiegelbild ihrer geldpolitischen Aktivitäten.

According to Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling, the situation is stable. “The current crisis shows that we, as supervisors, have learned the right lessons from the last crisis. Many of the measures, which, in some cases, came under sharp criticism, are now proving to be worth their weight in gold,” according to Mr Wuermeling.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) und 21 weitere Notenbanken haben als Unterzeichner des Goldabkommens (Central Bank Gold Agreement) beschlossen, das Abkommen nach dessen Auslaufen im September 2019 nicht zu erneuern.

The Bundesbank's relocation of gold from storage locations abroad is running very much according to schedule. In 2015, 110 tonnes from Paris and 100 tonnes from New York were transferred to Frankfurt. "With 1,402.5 tonnes of gold, Frankfurt has been our largest storage location, ahead of New York, since the end of last year," said Carl-Ludwig Thiele, Member of the Executive Board of the Bundesbank.