The monetary policy tightening seen in the euro area since the beginning of 2022 has led to changes in bank interest rates in Germany, the Bundesbank’s economists write in the latest Monthly Report. For the most part, interest rates on loans to enterprises have risen as strongly as expected, while those on loans for house purchase have increased more strongly than they were expected to. The interest rate on time deposits was raised rapidly and by as much as expected, while that on overnight deposits was adjusted upwards only marginally.

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The German government has decided to mint a €10 collectors’ coin entitled “Fire brigade”, to be issued at 11 May 2023.