Gemäß der Berichtspflichten der ESZB-Satzung wird von der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) wöchentlich ein konsolidierter Ausweis des Eurosystems veröffentlicht. Dieser soll den Nutzern als Informationsquelle im Zusammenhang mit den geldpolitischen Operationen, den Devisengeschäften und der Investitionstätigkeit dienen. Zudem sind darin Angaben über die Liquiditätsströme enthalten.

The Deutsche Bundesbank calculates the basic rate of interest pursuant to section 247 (1) of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and publishes its current level in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) pursuant to section 247 (2) of the German Civil Code.

The Bundesbank's president Jens Weidmann has warned that, with increasing demands being made of central banks, the boundary between monetary and fiscal policy risks becoming blurred. Monetary policymakers must make clear that they are guided solely by monetary policy considerations, he said in an interview with German Sunday newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

The Bundesbank regards the current design and implementation of the European fiscal rules as problematic. The rules and their implementation are now almost impossible to follow and their binding force is being eroded, it says in the current Monthly Report. The Bundesbank recommends making the rules simpler again and that the exceptions and discretionary leeway be reduced.

The Bank for International Settlements believes that the current economic upswing offers an opportunity to strengthen economic resilience. According to its latest Annual Report, this is the key to reaping the benefits of globalisation.