The €200 banknote of the Europa series was introduced on 17 September 2018. The Europa series was introduced in May 2013, starting with the €5 banknote.

Monthly turnover data are available for industry and the retail trade sector. Quarterly time series are published for the services sector. The results for the retail trade are also included in the calculation of private consumption.

The Banking Directive Implementation and Bureaucracy Relief Act (BRUBEG) transposes the extensive amendments to the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD VI) into German national law. That means Germany meets the requirements of the EU banking package. The aim was to introduce the new requirements with as little bureaucracy as possible, in a proportional manner and without lowering prudential standards. An article in the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report explains the main changes.

The monetary policy strategy of the Eurosystem attaches great importance to monetary developments.

As to the investment fund statistics, comprehensive information is collected on funds open to the general public, specialised funds and closed-end funds which were created by domestic investment companies pursuant to the Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch.

Der EZB-Rat hat heute beschlossen, die drei Leitzinssätze der EZB unverändert zu belassen. Die neu verfügbaren Daten stehen zwar weitgehend im Einklang mit der bisherigen Einschätzung des EZB-Rats zu den Inflationsaussichten und den damit verbundenen Risiken, die Aufwärtsrisiken für die Inflation und die Abwärtsrisiken für das Wachstum haben sich jedoch erhöht.