Interviews
Here you find interviews by the members of the Executive Board.
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Only balances of €500 allowed? What the digital euro is intended to deliver – and what not Interview with Focus online
Burkhard Balz is the member of the Bundesbank’s Executive Board tasked with the future implementation of the digital euro. However, the success of the project is not automatically assured. In an interview, Mr Balz explains where there is resistance, what it will entail for us, what the future of cash will look like and what we will see on new banknotes.
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Interview with Corriere della Serra, El Mundo, Handelsblatt, Les Échos (full-length)
A digital euro will be an immense step forward for our payment system, Joachim Nagel said in an interview with Handelsblatt, Les Échos, Corriere della Sera and El Mundo. "Consumers will have an electronic means of payment that is accepted throughout the euro area, that is very cost-competitive and that places a strong emphasis on privacy."
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“The digital euro offers great opportunities, including for banks” Interview published in Börsen-Zeitung
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“Price pressures could persist for longer” Interview with Wirtschaftswoche
In an interview with the German business magazine “WirtschaftsWoche”, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel discusses weakening domestic economic activity, a reform of the debt brake and future monetary policy decisions. “If prices and the economy develop as expected, I would be in favour of cutting the key interest rates in June,” Mr Nagel explains. However, he also warns that the return of inflation to target is not a given.
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“People’s working lives will become longer, not shorter” Interview with Funke Mediengruppe
Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel spricht über den digitalen Euro, die Inflation – und wann die Rente mit 69 kommen kann.
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„The digital Euro is a top priority for the Bundesbank“ Interview published in Handelsblatt
In an interview with Germany’s “Handelsblatt” newspaper, Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz and Director General Digital Euro Alexandra Hachmeister explain why it is so important for Europe to have a digital currency of its own and why the digital euro is a top priority for the Bundesbank. Besides the geostrategic case for introducing a digital euro, they hope the digital euro will reduce the fees that merchants pay. The Bundesbank also has the issue of preventing money laundering in its sights, they note, with the introduction of a de minimis threshold being discussed in this regard.
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“Interest rate cuts are premature at the current juncture” Interview with: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung
We currently appear to be administering the correct ‘dose’ of interest rate increases,
said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in an interview with the Sunday newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”. In his view, the price outlook is not yet clear enough to cut interest rates. However, he does expect price developments to continue to normalise. -
Sabine Mauderer takes office as NGFS Chair
16.01.2024 DE
The turn of the year saw Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer take office as Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a global group of central banks and supervisory authorities committed to forging a more sustainable financial system. The NGFS’s mission is to analyse what climate change and nature loss mean for the financial system
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„Die Inflation zu bezwingen ist ein schwieriges Unterfangen“ Gemeinsames Interview in Kathimerini Cyprus
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„Ein Höchstmaß an Privatsphäre“ Interview mit der Schwäbischen Zeitung