Die Finanzminister und Notenbankgouverneure der G20 haben in Washington ihre Beratungen über Kernthemen der deutschen G20-Präsidentschaft fortgesetzt. Neben den Wachstumsperspektiven für die Weltwirtschaft ging es dabei vor allem um die Finanzmarktregulierung und die Weiterentwicklung der globalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzordnung.

The June 2016 edition of the Bundesbank's Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy based on macroeconomic projections for 2016 and 2017, including a look ahead at the year 2018. It also explores how quantitative easing is impacting on the aggregate euro-area economy and comments on the structure and dynamics of vertical integration in manufacturing as reflected in the financial statements of German enterprises.

The years following the 2007-08 financial crisis saw central banks in the United States and other industrialized countries adopt highly expansionary monetary policy measures in an effort to stimulate the economy. But how effective have those policies been? A new study explores how effective an expansionary monetary policy stance can be in such turbulent times.