At the Bundesbank’s Spring Conference with the title “Monetary, financial and fiscal stability” Jens Weidmann stressed the need for a better understanding of the interplay of different policy areas to achieve and maintain macroeconomic stability.

Bundesbankvorstand Andreas Dombret hat sich bei einer Veranstaltung in Berlin dafür ausgesprochen, die Verhältnismäßigkeit der Regulierungsreformen insbesondere mit Blick auf kleinere Institute zu wahren. Allerdings würde zu oft die Verhältnismäßigkeitsdebatte dazu benutzt, um Generalkritik an der Bankenregulierung politisch korrekt zu verpacken, so Dombret weiter.

In a speech he gave in Frankfurt am Main, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann stated that it was indeed appropriate to make the regulation of the banking sector more stringent as a lesson learned from the financial crisis. However, he added that a further tightening (Basel IV) was not on the agenda. He also refuted the accusation that Germany was saving too much and investing too little.