Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned that the budgetary rules in the euro-area countries should not be interpreted too flexibly. Speaking at an event in Biberach, Mr Weidmann said that sound budgets were a key prerequisite for the stability of the single currency, for which every member state was responsible.

In the assessment of Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret, persistently low interest rates are putting a long-standing system of values in danger of toppling. At a speech in Frankfurt, he noted that artificially low interest rates could not only frustrate the long-term strategies of savers, investors and credit institutions, but even prevent economically necessary adjustments.

Am 20. November 2017 erließ der EZB-Rat den Beschluss EZB/2017/37 zur Änderung des Beschlusses EZB/2014/40 über die Umsetzung des dritten Programms zum Ankauf gedeckter Schuldverschreibungen.