As in 2021, the Bundesbank is unable to transfer any profit to the Federal budget this year. One key reason for this was the need to further increase the Bank’s risk provisions, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel explained. “In the years 2020 and 2021, the risks on our balance sheet increased substantially overall compared with the pre-pandemic period,” he said. Commenting on the war in Ukraine, the Bundesbank President expressed his shock. “Our thoughts are with the people in Ukraine and the suffering they are enduring under this aggression.”

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Deutsche Bundesbank are lending their support to a concert promoting peace organised by the Berlin State Opera together with its orchestra and choir under the musical direction of Daniel Barenboim. The concert will take place in Berlin at 11:00 on Sunday, 6 March 2022.

The Deutsche Bundesbank has presented a balanced result for the year 2021. As in the previous year, the Bank is not transferring any profit to the Federal budget. Explaining this decision, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said it was necessary to further increase the risk provisions on account of the emergency monetary policy measures taken to counter the impact of the pandemic

Im vierten Quartal 2021 beliefen sich die gesamten von Versicherungsgesellschaften im Euroraum gehaltenen Aktiva auf 9 231 Mrd € und fielen damit um 52 Mrd € höher aus als im dritten Quartal 2021.

The Bundesbank condemns the war of aggression against Ukraine. As a symbol of solidarity, we have raised the Ukrainian flag in front of our building in Frankfurt city centre. Our thoughts are with the children, women and men in Ukraine.

Der tagesdurchschnittliche Umsatz der Geldaufnahme im unbesicherten Segment nahm von 120 Mrd € in der siebten Mindestreserve-Erfüllungsperiode 2021 auf 127 Mrd € in der achten Mindestreserve-Erfüllungsperiode zu.