Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann sees no reason to move away from the last monetary policy assessment at the moment and cautions against pre-empting decisions that are not yet on the agenda. “The monetary policy stance is appropriate at this time,” he told interviewers from the German “Börsen-Zeitung” newspaper.

Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel ist in einen Beirat zur Förderung von Finanzbildung berufen worden und folgt damit auf seinen Amtsvorgänger Jens Weidmann.

The Bundesbank’s Executive Board has endorsed the nomination of Jens Weidmann for a second term of office as Bundesbank President. The Executive Board notified the Federal Government that it had no objections to the Federal Cabinet’s nomination.

The Deutsche Bundesbank was founded on 1 August 1957 and is now celebrating its 60th anniversary. The Bundesbank has not changed its monetary policy stance during this period and will remain committed to maintaining price stability in the future as well, writes Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann in a guest article on the occasion of the Bank’s 60th anniversary.

The Bundesbank has marked the passing of its former President Karl Otto Pöhl in a commemorative ceremony. "Today we mourn the passing of an outstanding figure in the world of central banking who was instrumental in paving the way for European monetary union," said Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann at a commemorative ceremony in Frankfurt am Main. Karl Otto Pöhl passed away on 9 December 2014 at the age of 85.

The Bundesbank posted a profit of €5.8 billion for the 2019 financial year. Following adjustment of the reserves, the Bank registered its highest distributable profit since 2008, at €5.9 billion. “Lower risk provisioning is the main reason for this strong rise in the profit for the year,” Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann explained.

The President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, visited the Czech National Bank yesterday. The main topics of his informal meeting with CNB Governor Jiří Rusnok and other members of the Board were the view of the Czech economy from outside and the situation of the German economy. The future of the euro area and the banking union were also discussed.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has been appointed to sit on an international board for the promotion of financial literacy among young people in Europe.

A stable currency for Germany and Europe – this has been the Bundesbank’s primary task for 55 years. As the central bank of the Federal Republic of Germany, it fulfilled this mandate for half a century with greater determination and success than almost any other monetary institution in the world.

Introducing central bank digital currency (CBDC) is not an end in itself, believes Jens Weidmann. Rather, a digital euro needs to provide a clear value added to the citizens of the euro area. “CBDCs should only be issued if the perceived benefits outweigh any potential drawbacks or risks,” the Bundesbank President said in a speech at a virtual conference.