The new Bundesbank branch in Dortmund is taking over the cash supply for the entire Rhine-Ruhr region. It is the Bundesbank’s largest and most modern branch. In future, around 200 members of staff employed there will supply 12 million people with banknotes and coins. The new branch will replace the five existing branches in the region.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned against ignoring the uncertainty surrounding future price developments. “We also need to keep an eye on the risks to the price outlook. In my view, the risks are tilted to the upside right now,” he said at the Bundesbank symposium “Banking supervision in dialogue”.

Every four years, the Executive Board of the Bundesbank adopts a new strategy. Here you will find the principles of Strategy 2024 as well as the Bank's mission statement, which serves as a long-term orientation framework and forms the basis for the medium-term strategy.

Prof. Dr. Franz-Christoph Zeitler, Vizepräsident der Deutschen Bundesbank, "Impulsreferat" beim Symposium des IDW in Berlin: Finanzmarktkrise - Welche Reformen sind notwendig?

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has released its latest report, entitled “Adapting central bank operations to a hotter world”, which outlines specific options available to central banks to factor climate-related risks into their monetary policy operations. Bundesbank Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer called the report a milestone.