Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) veröffentlicht heute ihren Konvergenzbericht 2010, eine Beurteilung der wirtschaftlichen und rechtlichen Konvergenz von neun Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union (EU)

The Bundesbank’s landscape architecture competition for the new campus at its Central Office in Frankfurt am Main has come to a close. An expert jury selected four prize winners and awarded one honourable mention out of a total of 16 submitted designs.

Executive Board member Burkhard Balz has introduced Fabian Huttner as the Bundesbank’s new representative in Madrid. The scale of the challenges associated with the single monetary policy in the euro area became evident in the wake of the financial crisis and during the coronavirus pandemic, Mr Balz said in Madrid. That makes it all the more important to reach out more to national authorities and financial institutions in the major euro area countries. It is for this reason that the Bundesbank has now resumed its practice of sending staff members to the German embassies in Paris, Rome and Madrid.

Individuals contribute significantly to carbon emissions. A recent Bundesbank discussion paper shows that providing information on combating climate change motivates individuals to reduce their carbon footprint. Presenting the information as the result of scientific research is just as effective as framing it as the behaviour of other people, the study finds. Both approaches led to the survey respondents stating that they wish to make more environmentally friendly choices.

Am 27. Juli 2023 beschloss der EZB-Rat, die Mindestreserven mit 0 % zu verzinsen. Durch diese Änderung, die mit der am 20. September 2023 beginnenden Mindestreserve-Erfüllungsperiode wirksam wird, bleibt die Wirksamkeit der Geldpolitik gewahrt. Zugleich wird die Geldpolitik effizienter gemacht.