Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel, speaking at an event at Ruhr University Bochum, has called for further interest rate steps. Looking to future developments, he said: “In my view, it is by no means certain that interest rates will reach their peak as early as this summer.” He believes that the German economy is well placed to rise to the challenges ahead, even if it did contract over the past two quarters: “With regard to the remainder of the year, our economists are cautiously optimistic. Things should start to pick up again soon, then.”

Am 1. Juni 2023 nahm der EZB-Rat den TARGET-Jahresbericht 2022 zur Kenntnis. Der Bericht enthält Informationen zum Zahlungsverkehr in TARGET2 (T2) und zur Leistung des Systems sowie zu den wichtigsten Entwicklungen im Jahr 2022.

In the Bundesbank’s view, the German economy is recovering only arduously from the crises of the past three years. “In particular, the German economy is still struggling with the consequences of high inflation. This is reducing citizens’ purchasing power,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said as he presented his institution’s latest projections. For the current year, the Bundesbank is expecting gross domestic product (GDP) to contract by 0.3% after adjustment for calendar effects. The economy is expected to expand again in 2024 and 2025, at rates of 1.2% and 1.3%, respectively.