Aussetzung der Mindestanforderung für die Liquiditätsdeckungsquote endet am 31. Dezember 2021. Banken verfügen über ausreichende Liquiditätspuffer. EZB kehrt bei der Aufsicht über die Einhaltung der Liquiditätsanforderungen in den Normalmodus zurück.

In 2022, Germany assumed the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) for the third time. The G7 is an informal gathering of the Heads of State or Government of the seven most advanced industrial economies and an informal forum for exchanging views and opinions and coordinating joint policy positions. Its members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

At the end of the first quarter of 2022, German households’ financial assets amounted to €7,558 billion. This was €36 billion lower than in the previous quarter. Households‘ financial situation thus fall for the first time in two years.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) und die Narodowy Bank Polski haben eine vorsorgliche Swap-Vereinbarung getroffen, um Finanzinstitute in Polen mit Euro-Liquidität zu versorgen.

Executive Board member Burkhard Balz has introduced Fabian Huttner as the Bundesbank’s new representative in Madrid. The scale of the challenges associated with the single monetary policy in the euro area became evident in the wake of the financial crisis and during the coronavirus pandemic, Mr Balz said in Madrid. That makes it all the more important to reach out more to national authorities and financial institutions in the major euro area countries. It is for this reason that the Bundesbank has now resumed its practice of sending staff members to the German embassies in Paris, Rome and Madrid.

Die Konjunktur hat sich im dritten Quartal stärker erholt als erwartet, und die Aussichten für die Bereitstellung von Impfstoffen sind ermutigend. Dennoch birgt die Pandemie nach wie vor ernsthafte Risiken für das Gesundheitswesen und für die Wirtschaft des Euroraums sowie die Weltwirtschaft.