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Bundesbank opens doors to the general public
19.09.2022 DE
Visitors braved the wet autumn weather to flock to the Bundesbank’s offices in the Frankfurt city centre, where the Bank opened its doors to the general public this weekend. The two-day event, entitled “
Backstage Bundesbank
”, offered a variety of activities for visitors, including a discovery tour around the Bank’s Regional Office in Frankfurt, along with the chance to lift a gold bar, attend a variety of topical talks and meet Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in person. -
The Bundesbank turns 65: Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel stresses importance of price stability
01.08.2022 DE
The Bundesbank will turn 65 on 1 August 2022. “
The Bundesbank’s greatest achievement is certainly that it has created a culture of monetary stability and embedded it in the public con-sciousness
”, said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in an interview he gave to Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) to mark the anniversary. He noted that the currently very high inflation rates were weighing on many people and illustrated the importance of price stability, adding that “we can and must now do everything we can to prevent the current high level of inflation from becoming entrenched”.“People trust the Bundesbank, and they should continue to be able to do so.
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From our archive: Gold swaps in the 1960s
Our historical archives contain sources which give an exact account of gold swap transactions with the central bank of the United States – the Fed. The sources show how the Bundesbank’s quality control procedures and its stringent requirements regarding the composition of its gold made an accurate settlement of accounts possible.
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From our archive: The Blessing letter
The so-called Blessing letter, dated 30 March 1967, forms part of the correspondence between the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank at the time, Karl Blessing, and the then Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, William Martin. Blessing addresses US concerns that the Bundesbank might convert US dollars into gold on a massive scale.
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Monetary policy has only a slight impact on Bitcoin prices
The Eurosystem’s monetary policy has only a relatively minor impact on the prices of Bitcoin and other crypto tokens. This is the conclusion reached by Bundesbank experts in the September edition of the Monthly Report, which states that “
monetary policy impulses explain only a fraction of the volatile price developments
”. At first glance, the high rates of growth seen by crypto tokens appear to be attributable to other factors. -
German Prize for Online Communication: Bundesbank wins bronze with IT presentation film
06.07.2021 DE
A presentation film produced by the Bundesbank caught the attention of IT professionals – and has now gone on to impress the jury panel for the financial sector category of the German Prize for Online Communication.
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Banking supervision aspects of the coronavirus pandemic
26.06.2020 DE
Banking supervisors are reviewing their supervisory practices and measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Both the EBA stress test and the LSI stress test have been postponed, for example. More information can be found on the websites of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the ECB, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS).
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Bundesbank statistics provide exchange rates for 192 countries
12.05.2020 DE
The exchange rate statistics represent a collection of current and historical exchange rates for the euro and the US dollar in 192 countries. The Bundesbank provides additional data on topics such as exchange rate arrangements and monetary history for all of these countries.
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Wuermeling: Supervisory reforms since the last crisis worth their weight in gold
According to Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling, the situation is stable. “The current crisis shows that we, as supervisors, have learned the right lessons from the last crisis. Many of the measures, which, in some cases, came under sharp criticism, are now proving to be worth their weight in gold,” according to Mr Wuermeling.
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Gold agreement not being extended by central banks
26.07.2019 DE
The ECB and the 21 central banks that are signatories of the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement have decided not to extend the agreement. The first agreement was signed in 1999 with the aim of coordinating the gold sales planned by the central banks.