The Deutsche Bundesbank has published its first climate-related report. This publication outlines how the Bundesbank incorporates climate-related risks into individual areas of activity within its mandate.

Broschüre mit Abbildungen der nationalen Münzseiten und der deutschen Sammlermünzen.

Ein Comprehensive Assessment wurde durchgeführt, nachdem Banken als bedeutend eingestuft worden waren. Jede Bank wurde einer Prüfung der Aktiva-Qualität und einem Stresstest unterzogen. Nach Anpassungen wurden keine Kapitallücken festgestellt.

Am 6. Juli 2022 ernannte der EZB-Rat Doris Schneeberger (Direktorin Banknoten der EZB) zur Vorsitzenden des Banknotenausschusses (BANCO), Eva Murciano (Generaldirektorin Personal der EZB) zur Vorsitzenden der Personalleiterkonferenz (HRC) und Oscar Arce (Generaldirektor Volkswirtschaft der EZB) zum Vorsitzenden des Geldpolitischen Ausschusses (MPC).

The Bundesbank’s experts have created a new provisional dataset that can be used to examine wealth and debt developments at the level of individual households in Germany in a timely manner at quarterly intervals. According to this dataset, wealth inequality decreased slightly between 2009 and 2021, but remains high overall. The analysis presented in the current Monthly Report also shows that the rate of return on total assets varies considerably between individual households.

In its Monthly Report, the Bundesbank writes that the German economy is likely to have pretty much stagnated in the second quarter of 2022. Although the elimination of most coronavirus mitigation measures lent a strong boost to service providers, which had previously been constrained, the high inflation was a drag on households’ purchasing power and consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply. The report adds that supply bottlenecks and high uncertainty about future economic developments also weighed on industry.