Im dritten Quartal 2015 erhöhte sich der Bestand an von finanziellen Mantelkapitalgesellschaften/Verbriefungszweckgesellschaften (FMKGs) im Euro-Währungsgebiet begebenen Schuldverschreibungen auf 1 424 Mrd €, verglichen mit 1 414 Mrd € am Ende des Vorquartals.

Today’s low interest rates are making it difficult for investors to preserve the value of their assets. After all, if the interest received is lower than the rate of inflation, the value of an investment will diminish over time. However, this state of affairs – a negative real interest rate on deposits – is by no means a new phenomenon that is unique to the prevailing low-interest-rate environment. As it happens, negative real rates of interest have been the norm, rather than the exception, over recent decades.

Im vierten Quartal 2018 erhöhte sich der Bestand an von finanziellen Mantelkapitalgesellschaften/Verbriefungszweckgesellschaften (FMKGs) im Euro-Währungsgebiet begebenen Schuldverschreibungen auf 1 451 Mrd €, verglichen mit 1 422 Mrd € am Ende des Vorquartals.

Within the framework of banking statistics, information on the assets and liabilities of all monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in Germany is collected on a monthly basis. In addition, more detailed information on important balance sheet items is obtained through quarterly surveys.

The "payments" section includes data on the payment systems employed and transaction volumes as well as statistics on securities settlement systems.