The Bundesbank celebrated its 60th anniversary by hosting an open day in Frankfurt am Main on 1 and 2 July. Around 28,000 visitors eager to gather their own impressions of the Bundesbank flocked to the bank’s Central Office and its Regional Office in Hesse to experience a rich variety of informative and entertaining attractions.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann sees Brexit and the global trade dispute as the two largest risks to Germany’s economy. In a speech delivered in Mannheim, he called on politicians to resolve the conflicts.

The upswing in the global economy is gaining momentum, believes Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret. In the run-up to the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund, he argued for taking advantage of favourable economic conditions to increase the growth potential of national economies through structural reforms.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that non-standard monetary policy measures can have a variety of effects on income and wealth distribution. “Much like conventional interest rate policy, the non-standard measures are more likely to have reduced income inequality,” he said in a speech in Hamburg.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has come out in favour of swiftly ending net asset purchases in the euro area. In a speech held at the Centre for European Economic Research, Mr Weidmann focused, in particular, on the importance of communication in the context of monetary policy decisions. He also said that the latest economic downturn was no reason to delay the necessary normalisation process.

The United States Congress has ratified the quota and governance reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Bundesbank welcomes this move. "The way is now free for implementing the agreed reforms. This is good news," noted Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann in his capacity as Governor of the Fund for Germany. The quota and governance reform was adopted back in 2010, with Germany ratifying the reform package in 2012.

On 11 January 2022 the Bundesbank bid farewell to its current President, Jens Weidmann, and welcomed Joachim Nagel as the tenth President of the Bundesbank. The ceremony marking the change of office was streamed live on the Bundesbank’s website and on YouTube. Alongside Mr Nagel and his predecessor Weidmann, speakers included Bundesbank Vice President Claudia Buch, ECB President Christine Lagarde and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner. 

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has conflicting views on the United States’ decision to initially exempt the European Union from the recently enacted tariffs on steel and aluminium. Though it avoided an open trade conflict, the agreement reached between the United States and the EU was no victory for international free trade, Mr Weidmann explained during a speech in Vienna.

Die Sieger des deutschen Entscheids zum Schülerwettbewerb "Generation Euro" stehen fest: Das Team "Pearson Broes" aus Westfalen setzte sich gegen die Mitbewerber durch. Die Schüler treffen nun gemeinsam mit den übrigen nationalen Siegern auf EZB-Präsident Mario Draghi und Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann supports the European Central Bank’s plans to reduce non-performing loans, as they weigh on financing conditions and, ultimately, growth prospects in the member states concerned. Rules need to be established that ensure the prudent management of non-performing loans in the future, said Weidmann in Frankfurt am Main.