Speaking on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann voiced his opposition to proposals for economic policy measures to counteract German current account surpluses. It would be "absurd", Weidmann said, to discuss measures aimed at artificially weakening German competitiveness.

The Bundesbank is expecting economic growth in Germany to remain quite robust. According to the current issue of the Monthly Report, the underlying pace of economic activity is still high. The Bundesbank’s economists believe that private consumption will be the main driver of growth.

The financial and sovereign debt crisis which has afflicted the euro area for more than seven years now has clearly left a mark on the financial market, having forced monetary policymakers to roll out highly accommodative measures and legislators to make adjustments to the regulatory framework.

Im Februar 2015 war der Bestand an von Investmentfonds (ohne Geldmarktfonds) im Euro-Währungsgebiet begebenen Anteilen 301 Mrd € höher als im Januar 2015. Maßgeblich hierfür waren vor allem Kursanstiege bei Investmentfondsanteilen.

Die Pressekonferenz der Europäischen Zentralbank wurde heute kurzzeitig durch eine Aktivistin gestört, die auf das Podium sprang und Konfetti warf. Mitarbeiter der EZB untersuchen den Vorfall..