The Deutsche Bundesbank is the independent central bank of Germany. Its core business area is the monetary policy of the Eurosystem. Besides this, however, the Bundesbank performs a number of other important tasks. The following animation film gives an overview.

As in the past, German consumers prefer to pay for most of their purchases using cash. This is revealed by the Bundesbank's recent 2017 survey on "Payment behaviour in Germany". In terms of volume, however, the significance of cash has waned somewhat. As a share of the combined value of all payments made by private individuals, cash fell below the 50% mark for the first time.

Dem Geld auf der Spur: Im hr2-Kinderfunkkolleg erfahren Kinder alles Wissenswerte rund ums Geld. In dieser Reihe kommen zahlreiche Experten zu Wort, darunter auch der ehemalige Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann.