Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in the Vatican.

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.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen sank um 4 Basispunkte auf 5,23 %, und der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte stieg um 10 Basispunkte auf 4,01 %; beide Entwicklungen waren auf den Zinseffekt zurückzuführen.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors' coin with the motif “Planet Earth”, issued on 14 April 2016.

The German financial system has weathered the exceptionally strong rise in interest rates well overall and has proved stable over the past months, the Bundesbank writes in its Financial Stability Review 2024. Credit risk is now increasingly coming under the spotlight, however. The financial system is facing acute challenges due to geopolitical tensions and a weak economy. The economy is also undergoing transformation, said Bundesbank Executive Board member Michael Theurer. Our top priority must be a resilient financial system.

Kirstin Hubrich explains the basics of financial stability and of this year’s Financial Stability Review.

On 1 January 1999, the euro was introduced as book money. Three years later, people in Germany and eleven other European countries got their hands on euro banknotes and coins for the first time. Today, twenty-five years later, the euro is legal tender in twenty countries and has become an indispensable part of Europeans’ everyday lives.