Von der Deutschen Bundesbank haben die meisten vielleicht schon einmal gehört. Aber was macht die deutsche Notenbank eigentlich genau? In unserer ersten Folge Finance Flash erklärt Yannick, was die wichtigsten und natürlich auch die spannendsten Aufgaben der Bundesbank sind. Bei „Wahr oder falsch?“ kann mitgeraten werden, was wirklich die Aufgaben der Bundesbank sind. Was ist Preisstabilität? Yannick erklärt das in 20 Sekunden. Warum 12,4 die Zahl der Woche ist? Mehr dazu im Video!

Anyone wishing to conduct one or more of the banking activities specified in the Banking Act on a commercial scale in Germany requires authorisation from the competent supervisory authority.

With over 90,000 coins and around 260,000 banknotes from all over the world, the Bundesbank’s carefully selected numismatic collection is one of the most important of its kind worldwide.

The German economy continues to be weak, according to the current issue of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report. Output in the industrial sector and in construction got off to a sluggish start in the third quarter of 2024 and consumers are holding back on spending. From today’s perspective, real gross domestic product (GDP) could stagnate or decline again somewhat in the third quarter. However, the authors of the article are currently not expecting a recession in the sense of a significant, broad-based and persistent decline in economic output.

Die Leistungsbilanz wies im Juli 2024 einen Überschuss von 40 Mrd. € auf (nach
51 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

Macroprudential measures are intended to make the financial system as a whole more resilient to crises, so that the real economy can be supplied with financial services to an appropriate extent at any time. Capital buffer requirements rank among the most important measures available to regulators. Other instruments are also available in Germany to address systemic risk originating in the real estate market.