The September 2021 edition of the Monthly Report outlines the Eurosystem’s monetary policy strategy and analyses the influence of its monetary policy on bitcoin and other crypto tokens. In addition, it discusses the performance of German credit institutions in 2020.

The December 2021 edition of the Monthly Report outlines Germany’s economic outlook for 2022 to 2024 and analyses the profitability and financing of German enterprises in 2020.

Um Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken angemessen zu steuern und gegenüber diesen Risiken widerstandsfähiger zu werden, müssen Banken neue Ansätze entwickeln. 

The Bundesbank posted a profit of €1.0 billion for the 2016 financial year, compared with €3.2 billion in 2015. Owing to an allocation to the reserves, the remaining distributable profit amounted to €0.4 billion and was transferred in full today to the Federal Government pursuant to section 27 number 2 of the Bundesbank Act (Bundesbankgesetz).

The German financial system has functioned well during the pandemic; the extensive government measures have shielded the financial sector from losses. This is the conclusion reached by the Bundesbank in its Financial Stability Review 2021. 

In 2017, the Deutsche Bundesbank commissioned a comprehensive study on the history of central banking in Germany between the years 1924 and 1970.