Die Deutsche Bundesbank hat ein zukunftsfähiges Konzept für ihr Filialnetz beschlossen. Die Filialen in den Ballungsräumen Frankfurt, Hannover, Köln und Stuttgart werden an logistisch günstigen Standorten neu gebaut und übernehmen die Aufgaben benachbarter Filialen. Acht der derzeit 31 Filialen werden geschlossen. Wir modernisieren und konsolidieren unser Filialnetz. Damit bekennen wir uns klar zu unserem Auftrag, die Versorgung mit Bargeld sicherzustellen, erklärte Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel. 

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

The tax wedge on labour – i.e. the burden of taxes and social security contributions on labour income – is a frequently discussed topic. An article from the Bundesbank’s current Monthly Report examines the tax wedge on labour in greater detail. It looks, in particular, at the difference between pension contributions and tax payments. “A nuanced analysis of tax wedge ratios makes an important contribution to enabling better interpretation of tax wedges,” the authors of the article write. 

The Bundesbank has unveiled its TIA platform, enabling staff across the institution to harness artificial intelligence. Users can configure text-based intelligent assistants (TIAs) to their particular requirements and share them with others. And they don’t need to write a single line of code to do so, because state-of-the-art technology can digitalise processes in less than five minutes.