Am 1. Juli 2014 hat Deutschland die Präsidentschaft über die Treffen der G7, der sieben wirtschaftlich bedeutendsten Industriestaaten übernommen. Bis Ende 2015 führt Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann gemeinsam mit Bundesfinanzminister Wolfgang Schäuble die Beratungen der G7-Finanzminister und Notenbank­gouverneure.

The Deutsche Bundesbank posted a profit of €2.95 billion for the 2014 financial year, compared with €4.59 billion in 2013. Speaking at the financial statements press conference in Frankfurt am Main, Bundesbank­ President Jens Weidmann mainly attributed the year-on-year decline in net profit to the further drop in interest income.

"The profit is lower than in the previous year mainly because of the decline in interest income," Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann explained at the Bundesbank’s annual press conference.

The Bundesbank posted a profit of €3.2 billion for the 2015 financial year, up from €3.0 billion in 2014. This profit was transferred in full today to the Federal Government of Germany pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act (Bundesbankgesetz). Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann explained that the higher profit had been driven by an improved net result of financial operations, write-downs and risk provisioning, while net interest income had declined.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann believes that financial stability must not be adopted as an additional monetary policy objective on a par with price stability. This would put the credibility of central banks at risk, he explained at a Bundesbank symposium. Monetary policy was not a suitable instrument for safeguarding financial stability. Renowned economists then discussed the interaction between monetary policy and financial stability.

Statement by Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann on the "Future of Low Interest Rates" for the 31st International Congress of Actuaries (ICA) 2018 in Berlin

Dr. Jens Weidmann, Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank

Dr. Jens Weidmann, Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank

Bundesbank-Präsidnet Jens Weidmann hat in seinem Eröffnungs-Statement beim Bargeldsymposium der Bundesbank über die Ausgestaltung eines digitalen Euro gesprochen.