The Executive Board of the Bundesbank has adopted a new medium-term strategy, in which four universal strategic objectives for the Bank as a whole have been formulated for the first time. The strategy is preceded by a mission statement, which constitutes the longer-term roadmap for the Bundesbank and serves as a guide for its employees.

Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann hat die Verdienste des scheidenden Gouverneurs der Österreichischen Nationalbank, Ewald Nowotny, gewürdigt. „Was der EZB-Rat braucht, ist Erfahrung und Eigenständigkeit im Urteil und damit hat Ewald Nowotny den Rat stets bereichert“, sagte er bei einer Rede in Wien.

Die Bundesbank zeigt in ihrer Zentrale die Ausstellung "Banken, Bühnen, Flugzeughallen. Frankfurter Projekte von Otto Apel / ABB". Die Fotos richten einen besonderen Blick auf die Baugeschichte der Bundesbank.

The Bundesbank posted a profit of €5.8 billion for the 2019 financial year. Following adjustment of the reserves, the Bank also registered its highest distributable profit since 2008, at €5.9 billion, up from the previous year’s €2.4 billion. The Bundesbank has transferred the profit in full to the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Despite the setback in the third quarter of 2018, the German economy should continue to see solid growth for the time being, in the Bundesbank’s estimation. The Bank’s recently published autumn forecast primarily attributes the slight decline in economic output in the previous quarter to temporary difficulties in the automotive industry and believes it will be overcome rapidly.

The finance ministers and central bank governors of the seven most industrialised nations (G7) have come together in Dresden. Under Germany’s G7 presidency, they are discussing how to make the global economy more dynamic and the financial system more stable. Also on the agenda is greater cooperation for fairer taxation.