The course is designed for mid-level and senior central bank employees involved in issuing and processing banknotes and coins or in dealing with counterfeit money as well as for executives or managers heading groups, sections or divisions in the cash department. Participants should have a sound background in cash management and be willing to talk about their area of responsibility.

What consequences does the remuneration of central bank reserves have for the profits of commercial banks and central banks? Economist Paul De Grauwe from the London School of Economics addressed this topic as part of a talk given at the Bundesbank. The subsequent panel discussion with De Grauwe and his co-author, Yuemei Ji, from University College London, as well as Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Karsten Stroborn, Director General Markets at the Bundesbank, sparked a controversial exchange of views on how a central bank should deal with these consequences.