Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has reaffirmed his critical stance towards current monetary policy, saying in Berlin that it is still appropriate for monetary policy to be in accommodative mode given the subdued price pressures, but it is nonetheless legitimate to ask when the ECB Governing Council should set its sights on normalising monetary policy.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has defended the definition of price stability over the medium term as maintaining inflation rates of below, but close to, 2% in the euro area. Speaking at a joint conference of the Bundesbank and the Banque de France in Paris, Mr Weidmann waded into the debate on setting a higher inflation target and warned of the impact that such a target could have on macroeconomic stability.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has called on European governments to make a decision: relinquish sovereign rights or step up individual national responsibility. "Sooner or later, a pivotal decision has to be taken if we want to safeguard the monetary union as a union of stability," Mr Weidmann said in an interview.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann expects Brexit to place a strain on Germany's economy. It is in the interests of both parties, he says, for the EU and the United Kingdom to quickly enter into level-headed negotiations on their future relationship.

Von 1990 bis 1998 war Otmar Issing Chefvolkswirt der Bundesbank. Anschließend verantwortete er als Chefvolkswirt bei der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) die Entwicklung der geldpolitischen Strategie des Euroraums. Issing habe die geldpolitische Landschaft geprägt wie kaum ein anderer in Europa, sagte Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann bei einem akademischen Kolloquium anlässlich des 85. Geburtstags von Issing.

Am 25. Mai und 26. Mai 2019 hat die Deutsche Bundesbank Bürgerinnen und Bürger in ihre Zentrale in Frankfurt eingeladen, um sich persönlich ein Bild von der deutschen Notenbank zu machen. In einem Interview mit Rolf-Dieter Krause hat Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann an beiden Tagen das Bühnenprogramm eröffnet.

Am 25. Mai und 26. Mai 2019 hat die Deutsche Bundesbank Bürgerinnen und Bürger in ihre Zentrale in Frankfurt eingeladen, um sich persönlich ein Bild von der deutschen Notenbank zu machen. In einem Interview mit Rolf-Dieter Krause hat Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann an beiden Tagen das Bühnenprogramm eröffnet.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out against increasing the liquidity assistance provided by the Eurosystem to Greece. If short-term assistance was thought to be necessary, it was up to politicians to provide it, he said at a Bundesbank conference in Frankfurt am Main. Greece needed to keep capital controls in place until an appropriate support package had been agreed by all parties and the solvency of both the Greek government and the Greek banking system had been ensured, said Mr Weidmann.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has stressed the European Central Bank’s independence. In an interview with the Financial Times, Weidmann pointed out that the debate in Germany was too narrow and was not focusing enough on the broader macroeconomic consequences of current monetary policy.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says the economic recovery looks set to continue, particularly in the United States and the euro area. Speaking as the IMF's Annual Meeting in Lima drew to a close, he also stressed that monetary policy is not a silver bullet that can eliminate weak growth.