Was kann die Evaluierung der Reformen und neuen Regulierungen für die internationalen Finanzmärkte aus den Erfahrungen anderer Politikbereiche lernen? Darum ging es in einem interdisziplinären Workshop in Halle, den die Bundesbank gemeinsam mit der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina organisiert hatte. Die Ergebnisse des Workshops sind in diesem gemeinsamen Tagungsband von Bundesbank und Leopoldina enthalten.

The Bundesbank is not distributing a profit to the Federal Government for 2020 – for the first time since 1979. The main reason was the greater level of risk provisioning.

The European sovereign debt crisis remains the greatest threat to financial stability in Germany. The Bundesbank considers that a substantial worsening of the situation would have a significant adverse impact on German banks and insurers. In addition, low interest rates, high liquidity and potential exaggerations in the German real estate market could pose a future threat to financial stability.

Low interest rates and an ample supply of central bank liquidity have helped to ease the tensions on the international financial markets. So far this year, the German financial system has also benefited from this situation. However, the Bundesbank believes that these exceptional financial conditions present risks to financial stability the longer they prevail.