Significant decline in number of credit institutions – further substantial number of branch closures Following reclassification of the former securities trading banks, decline in foreign branches; number of foreign subsidiaries down slightly.

EZB gibt ihre geldpolitischen Beschlüsse ab dem 21. Juli 2022 um 14:15 Uhr MEZ bekannt. Pressekonferenz der EZB beginnt künftig um 14:45 Uhr MEZ.

Writing in its latest Annual Economic Report, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned that the global economy risks entering a new era of high inflation. “The key for central banks is to act quickly and decisively before inflation becomes entrenched,” says Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the BIS.

Am 19. Mai 2022 billigte der EZB-Rat den Bericht über die internationale Rolle des Euro und genehmigte die Veröffentlichung des Dokuments auf der Website der EZB. Der Bericht enthält einen Überblick darüber, wie sich die Verwendung des Euro durch Ansässige außerhalb des Euroraums im Jahr 2021 entwickelt hat.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has warned that central banks must not respond to the current high inflation rates with too little, too late. “If monetary policy falls behind the curve, even stronger hikes in interest rates could become necessary to get inflation under control,” he said at the Joint Spring Conference co-hosted by the Bundesbank and the Banque de France in Eltville am Rhein. “This would create much higher economic costs,” he cautioned.