Germany’s small and medium-sized banks and savings banks are well-capitalised for the most part, according to the results of the LSI stress test and a joint BaFin-Bundesbank survey. Credit institutions’ profitability was low, however, and an economic downturn would add to the pressure on their earnings position, Joachim Wuermeling and Raimund Röseler explained at a joint press conference, though the interest rate reversal may provide some relief for institutions in the medium term, they added. 

Speaking at the Bundesbank’s Payments Symposium, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz have made the case for the Eurosystem pushing forward with its investigations into central bank digital currency. Both used their speeches as an opportunity to emphasise the benefits that a digital euro could bring. 
 

According to the general rules for Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, the outright purchase and sale of securities on the market (outright transactions) are considered standard open market operations within the Eurosystem’s monetary policy framework.

Against the backdrop of declining infection numbers and expiring legal requirements and measures, coronavirus-related protective measures, such as distance rules or general mask requirements, will end on 31 May 2022.

Zur Überwachung der Einhaltung der Meldevorschriften und der Finanzsanktionen sind bei der Deutschen Bundesbank vier Servicezentren Außenwirtschaftsprüfungen eingerichtet worden, die auch für Fragen zum außenwirtschaftlichen Meldewesen zur Verfügung stehen.