The April 2025 Monthly Report presents the results of the 2023 household wealth survey. Another article in the report provides an up-to-date overview of the role cash plays in German society. The report also covers the debt situation in the private non-financial sector of the euro area since the start of monetary policy tightening.

In der aktuellen Ausgabe informieren wir Sie unter anderem über die Migration der dänischen Krone auf T2 und TIPS, die Überarbeitung des TIBER-EU Rahmenwerks, die Entwicklung des unbaren Zahlungsverkehrs über die Deutsche Bundesbank im vergangenen Jahr sowie über die Sixth Joint Conference on CCP Risk Management. 

Broschüre mit Abbildungen der nationalen Münzseiten und der deutschen Sammlermünzen.

The March 2025 Monthly Report contains a proposal to reform the debt brake and investigates access to cash in Germany. In addition to these topics, one article discusses the analysis of monetary policy communications using artificial intelligence. Another article examines the role of central securities depositories in Europe given their importance to the capital markets union. The Monthly Report also takes a look at Germany’s balance of payments in 2024.

As in 2023, the monetary policy measures of the past few years shaped the Bundesbank’s annual accounts in the 2024 financial year. For the reporting year, it has recorded an accumulated loss of €19.2 billion.

The February 2025 monthly report explains the economic situation in Germany at the turn of 2024/25.

The costs of payment methods for consumers are difficult to determine, not recorded in a harmonised manner on an international level and consequently vary significantly from country to country. For this reason, a separate study is necessary for Germany. As part of a representative survey conducted in 2023, households were asked about the costs they incurred when using various means of payment.