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.

29.04.2021 – 30.04.2021 | International Conference on Household Finance | Virtual Event

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has defended the definition of price stability over the medium term as maintaining inflation rates of below, but close to, 2% in the euro area. He waded into the debate on setting a higher inflation target and warned of the impact that such a target could have on macroeconomic stability.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that sovereign debt in banks' balance sheets needs to be backed by capital, just like private debt. In a speech at Sciences Po in Paris, he added that it is perhaps even more important "to put a lid on banks' exposures to a single sovereign". The large exposure regime "needs to apply to bank lending to sovereigns as well," Mr Weidmann said.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that non-standard monetary policy measures can have a variety of effects on income and wealth distribution. “Much like conventional interest rate policy, the non-standard measures are more likely to have reduced income inequality,” he said in a speech in Hamburg.

Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann hat angesichts deutlich gesunkener Finanzierungskosten einiger Euro-Staaten angemahnt, Strukturreformen weiter voranzutreiben. Die längerfristigen Renditen einiger Länder schienen die notwendigen Anpassungsprozesse gewissermaßen vorwegzunehmen, sagte er in Frankfurt am Main. Dadurch entstehe ein hohes Rückschlagpotenzial.