“Over time, the IMF has repeatedly managed to emerge stronger from crises. However, the external circumstances have rarely been more challenging than they are today,” Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel write in a guest article at Handelsblatt. “An IMF that focuses on its core mandate is best placed to strengthen the global economic and monetary system,” they explain in a contribution to mark the IMF’s 80th anniversary. 

In a joint op-ed for the German “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper and the French “Le Figaro” newspaper, Banque de France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel share their thoughts on Franco-German friendship, European integration and current challenges such as inflation and geopolitical crises.

Die Weichen für das Bargeld werden neu gestellt. Die Bundesbank gründet ein Nationales Bargeldforum und die Europäische Kommission schlägt eine neue gesetzliche Regelung nicht nur zum digitalen Euro, sondern auch zur Stärkung des Bargelds vor.