Interviews with Bundesbank President Dr Joachim Nagel and by the members of the Executive Board in various media.

Contributions by Dr Jens Weidmann, Bundesbank president and members of the board who have appeared in national and international newspapers.

Die Deutsche Bundesbank hat im Geschäftsjahr 2012 einen Jahresüberschuss von 664 Mio € erzielt, nach 643 Mio € im Vorjahr. Dieser wurde gemäß § 27 Nr. 2 Bundesbankgesetz am 12. März 2013 in voller Höhe an den Bund abgeführt.

Bundesbank President Weidmann has again pointed out the risks associated with government bond purchases in the Eurosystem. In a speech to students and lecturers, he argued that they blurred the boundary between monetary and fiscal policy. The zero interest rate environment provided perceptible relief for highly indebted states, he explained, warning that “[y]ou don’t need to be a "nattering nabob of negativism" to fear that there may be political pressure on the ECB’s Governing Board to postpone any normalisation of monetary policy out of concern for public finances.” .

Stronger regulation, digitalisation and low interest rates are challenges for the banking-sector, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann writes in a guest contribution for the Börsen-Zeitung.

The German economy has picked up momentum. Aggregate output is expanding at a faster pace again after an interruption due to the escalation of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area. The driving forces are changing, however. While external impulses had the upper hand following the economic and financial crisis, domestic economic activity has come to fore recently.

The Bundesbank sees the German economy as still being on a sound growth path. For 2017, it has, in fact, raised its earlier projection. According to Bundesbank President Weidmann, the cyclical tailwind is being sustained chiefly by the favourable labour market situation and substantial increases in households' real disposable income.