In a piece for the Financial Times, Executive Board member Michael Theurer has addressed the issue of the sovereign-bank nexus. This close link between banks and their home-country sovereign debt represents a significant threat to financial stability in the euro area. Breaking this cycle is crucial to safeguarding the stability of the euro area financial system, Theurer emphasises.

Unternehmen meldeten per saldo eine Verschärfung bei den Zinsen für Bankkredite und den sonstigen Kreditkonditionen, die sowohl preisliche als auch nichtpreisliche Faktoren betrafen. Der Finanzierungsbedarf ist geringfügig gestiegen, während sich die Verfügbarkeit von Finanzmitteln nach Wahrnehmung der Unternehmen leicht verschlechterte.

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By introducing the digital euro, we want to make our single currency, the euro, fit for the future, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel at “Bundesbank Spotlight” in Berlin. At the first event in the Bundesbank’s new series, he discussed the benefits of the digital euro with Ramona Pop, Executive Director of the German Federation of German Consumer Organisations, and Christian Sewing, CEO of Deutsche Bank and President of the Association of German Banks.

Der Beirat besteht aus Vertreterinnen und Vertretern verschiedener Wirtschaftszweige.

The German economy followed a slight upward trend towards the end of 2025, the current Monthly Report states. Industry is expected to have picked up again, although exports probably saw another decline, partly owing to weak exports to the United States. Private consumption is likely to have contributed to the increase in gross domestic product, thanks to significantly higher wages. Inflation dropped significantly to 2.0 % in December.

Annika zeigt, wie sich eine verantwortungsvolle Führungsrolle und ein erfülltes Familienleben erfolgreich vereinen lassen. Mit Offenheit, Mut und der richtigen Unterstützung hat sie ihren Weg zur Abteilungsleiterin gemeistert – und ermutigt andere Frauen, ihre Karriere aktiv in die Hand zu nehmen.