OMTOS (OpenMarket Tender Operations System) is the electronic bidding system for the execution of the Eurosystem's open market operations as well as the foreign exchange Liquidity Providing Operations (LPO).

Die Finanzsanktionen gegen bestimmte Personen, Organisationen und Einrichtungen angesichts der Lage in Syrien dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.

In der Studie zur wirtschaftlichen Lage privater Haushalte geht es unter anderem darum, wie die Haushalte für das Alter vorsorgen, wie sie ihr Erspartes anlegen und was die Haushalte von der Zukunft erwarten.

Fragen und Antworten zur Studie zur wirtschaftlichen Lage privater Haushalte

There are various documents available describing the structure and functioning of T2. There are for example the Information Guide for TARGET participants, the User Requirements Document, the User Detailed Functional Specifications, the User Handbooks or our Starting Guide which shall ease the first steps for new participants. These documents and even more can be found in this area. 

German enterprises constitute net debtors vis-à-vis non-residents: Standing at €1799 billion at the end of February 2025, their liabilities arising from financial operations and trade credits, exceeded their corresponding assets of €1478 billion by €321 billion. Compared with the previous month, this is a change of -€35 billion. 

T2 is the TARGET Service for the liquidity management of all TARGET Services and the settlement of individual payments. It consists of the components CLM (Central Liquidity Management) and RTGS (Real-Time-Gross-Settlement).

In March, individuals expected their net household income to rise by an average of around €60 over the next 12 months (February: €70). Expectations still vary significantly when broken down by factors such as age group, gender and, in particular, household income. The median remains constant at €125. This can be explained by the fact that a large share of individuals have considered income growth of between €0 and €250 to be most likely each month since the survey was launched.

The Eurosystem’s monetary policy from 2020 was shaped by the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in inflation from 2021. This ultimately led to a series of Eurosystem policy rate hikes totalling 450 basis points (from July 2022 to September 2023).