At a speech in Luxembourg, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel touched on topics including the upcoming interest rate decision by the Governing Council of the ECB and the German economy, amongst other things. The German economy was also the topic of his recent interview with the Financial Times.

The financial stability reviews produced by the Bundesbank and other central banks have become a well-established tool, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said at an event held by the Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main to mark the 20th anniversary of the Financial Stability Review. At the event, Bundesbank Executive Board member Michael Theurer, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB Claudia Buch, and representatives from supervisory authorities, academia and banking discussed the challenges facing financial stability. 

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute eine aktualisierte Zeitplanung für das Integrated Reporting Framework (IReF) bekannt gegeben. Ziel des IReFs ist es, die statistischen Meldungen der Banken im Euroraum zu vereinheitlichen, den Meldeaufwand zu verringern und die Qualität der für politische Entscheidungsträger und Analysten zur Verfügung stehenden Daten zu verbessern.

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen blieb mit 5,22 % weitgehend unverändert. Der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte sank um 10 Basispunkte auf 3,87 %. Diese Entwicklung war auf den Zinseffekt zurückzuführen.

On 29 and 30 November, the Bundesbank invited young people between the ages of 18 and 30 to its sixth Euro20+. Held in Frankfurt am Main, the highlights of the event were the two town hall meetings with Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Swiss National Bank Chairman Martin Schlegel. Many of the 200 participants took the opportunity to ask questions on topics such as what is currently happening in the economy, the progress being made with the digital transformation, the state of affairs for monetary policy in the euro area and in Switzerland, and pensions.