Bundesbank Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer has called on enterprises to diversify their funding. In an op-ed piece in the German Handelsblatt newspaper, she writes that, although bank loans remain important, a variety of funding sources are needed to withstand crises and to remain innovative.

Die Jahreswachstumsrate der weit gefassten Geldmenge M3 ging im August 2020 auf 9,5 % zurück, verglichen mit 10,1 % im Juli. Ihr Dreimonatsdurchschnitt bis August betrug damit 9,6 %.