The October 2017 Monthly Report analyses emerging market economies’ global liquidity, foreign reserves and exchange rates and contains an article on developments in the natural interest rate. In addition, the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process for smaller institutions and proportionality considerations are described, and the initial results of the new money market statistics as well as the new insurance statistics are presented.

The Agreement on Net Financial Assets (ANFA) regulates the leeway that the euro-area central banks have for operations conducted on their own responsibility and liability.

Die Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) veröffentlicht heute im Rahmen des öffentlichen Konsultationsverfahrens einen Verordnungsentwurf zu den Überwachungsanforderungen für systemisch relevante Zahlungsverkehrssysteme.

The Bundesbank’s TARGET2 balance has been growing again significantly since March. It exceeded the €1 trillion mark in July. This renewed increase over the past few months can largely be put down to the expansion of the Eurosystem’s purchase programmes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Mais Lecture, Cass Business School

Professor Axel A Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Speech held at the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany