Since September, the Bundesbank provides a new research dataset “Analytical Credit Datasets (AnaCredit) – German Part”. 

The German part of AnaCredit includes data on individual loans reported by credit institutions based in Germany, as well as by foreign branches of German institutions and legally independent institutional units domiciled in Germany, regardless of the location of their parent entities.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved an extremely large general allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs) to its member states. The new allocation triples the total stock of SDRs to a new level of roughly SDR 660 billion. Germany is set to receive around €30 billion worth of additional SDRs.

Der digitale Euro wäre ein digitales Zahlungsmittel. Er würde von den Zentralbanken des Euroraums ausgegeben werden – genauso wie die Euro-Banknoten. Alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger könnten den digitalen Euro nutzen. Die Zentralbanken des Euroraums würden damit den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern zusätzlich zu Bargeld ein Zahlungsmittel anbieten, das sie schnell, einfach und sicher verwenden könnten.

As the IMF's sister organisation, the World Bank – like the multilateral development banks whose focus is regional – aims to promote economic development in its less developed member countries by providing financial and technical assistance and sharing knowledge. Developing such countries' financial sectors is an important aspect.

The Governing Council today decided to lower the three key ECB interest rates by 25 basis points. In particular, the decision to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which the Governing Council steers the monetary policy stance – is based on its updated assessment of the inflation outlook, the dynamics of underlying inflation and the strength of monetary policy transmission.