Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Speech at the European Banking Congress

Dr. Jens Weidmann, Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank der Deutschen Bundesbank, Rede anlässlich der Euro Finance Week

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Fünf europäische Zentralverwahrer haben ihre Wertpapierabwicklung erfolgreich auf T2S migriert – ein wichtiger Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur Realisierung einer europäischen Drehscheibe für die Wertpapierabwicklung.

According to the Federal Statistical Office, in 2017 Germany’s public finances recorded their highest surplus since German reunification, at more than €36 billion. The largest surplus (over €16 billion) was achieved by state governments.

Germany's economic boom will continue. The already high level of capacity utilisation in the economy will increase up until 2020, although growth is unlikely to be quite as strong as in 2017. Growth in exports and business investment will be less strong.

After a boom phase, the German economy is currently experiencing a marked cooldown. While the forces driving the domestic economy remain intact, the underlying cyclical trend is subdued. This is mainly attributable to the downturn in industry, where lacklustre exports are taking their toll. According to the Bundesbank’s latest projection, exports should, however, gradually start to pick up again from the second half of the year onwards.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Deutsche Bundesbank are jointly organising the Third IMF Statistical Forum on Official Statistics to Support Evidence-based Economic Policymaking. The event will take place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on 19 and 20 November 2015.

The year 2016 saw Germany's economy grow at its fastest rate in five years. Initial Federal Statistical Office calculations indicate that real gross domestic product rose by 1.9% on the year and that consumption was the chief source of growth.

According to the Bundesbank’s latest projection, the economic boom in Germany will continue until 2020, although growth will not be quite as strong as it had been previously. For 2018, the Bundesbank expects calendar-adjusted growth of 2.0%, which will fall only slightly to 1.9% in the coming year. The economy is likely to grow by 1.6% in 2020.