The Bundesbank: key figures
Employees
| Staff | 2017 | 2018 |
| Core staff (full-time equivalents) | 9,965 | 10,105 |
| Contraction since 31.12.2001 | 4,835 (=32.7%) | 4,695 (=31.7%) |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Compared with the end of 2001, when the Bundesbank employed 14,800 core staff, the 31 December 2018 figure of 10,105 represents a decline of 4,695 employees or 31.7%.
Locations / Core staff of fulltime base
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Central Office | 1 / 4,880 | 1 / 4,980 |
| Regional Offices | 9 / 2,658 | 9 / 2,695 |
| Branches | 35 / 2,426 | 35 / 2,429 |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Annual accounts
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Distributable profit | €1,902 million | €2,433 million |
| Net interest income | €4,172 million | €4,920 million |
| Balance sheet total | €1,727,629 million | €1,841,781 million |
| Foreign reserve assets (total) | €166.8 billion | €173,1 billion |
| ↳ foreign currency | €31.2 billion | €31.8 billion |
| ↳ receivables from the IMF | €18.3 billion | €19.9 billion |
| ↳ gold | €117.3 billion (3,374 t) | €121.4 billion (3,370 t) |
| Allocation across the various storage locations | ||
| Frankfurt am Main | €59.5 billion (1,710 t) | €61.6 billion (1,710 t) |
| New York | €43.0 billion (1,236 t) | €44.6 billion (1,236 t) |
| London | €14.9 billion (427 t) | €15.3 billion (423 t) |
| as at 31.12. | ||
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ECB capital key
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Share of subscribed capital | 17.9973% | 17.9973% |
| Share of paid-up capital | 25.5674% | 25.5674% |
| Amount of the participating interest in the ECB | €1.95 billion | €1.95 billion |
| Foreign reserve assets transferred to the ECB | €10.43 billion | €10.43 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Monetary policy operations
| Open market operations | 2017 | 2018 |
| Main refinancing operations in the euro area | €13.40 billion | €3.6 billion |
| Longer-term refinancing operations in the euro area | €716.04 billion | €745.66 billion |
| ↳ of which counterparties of the Bundesbank | €87.35 billion | €91.43 billion |
| Banks participating in the main refinancing operations in the Eurosystem (average) | 43 | 35 |
| ↳ of which via the Bundesbank | 16 | 16 |
| Standing facilities | ||
| Marginal lending facility in the euro area | €0.25 billion | €0.10 billion |
| Deposit facility in the euro area | €587.13 billion | €659.42 billion |
| Asset purchase programme (Bundesbank’s share) | ||
| CBPP3 portfolio | €57.3 billion | €62.8 billion |
| PSPP portfolio | €401.6 billion | €448.7 billion |
| CSPP portfolio | €32.0 billion | €43.0 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Cash payments
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Volume of euro banknotes in circulation (Eurosystem) | €1,170.7 billion | €1,231.1 billion |
| Volume of coins in circulation (Eurosystem) | €28.0 billion | €29.0 billion |
| Amount of DM reflows | DM85.9 million | DM93.4 million |
| Unreturned Deutsche Mark banknotes and coins | DM12.63 billion | DM12,54 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
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Incidence of counterfeit money in Germany
| Period | Euro banknotes | Per 10,000 inhabitants * | Euro coins |
| 2018 | 58,000 | 7 | 33,100 |
| 2017 | 73,000 | 9 | 32,500 |
| 2016 | 82,200 | 10 | 33,000 |
| 2015 | 95,400 | 12 | 34,100 |
| 2014 | 63,000 | 8 | 45,900 |
| 2013 | 38,800 | 5 | 52,000 |
| 2012 | 41,500 | 5 | 52,000 |
| 2011 | 39,000 | 5 | 52,700 |
| 2010 | 60,000 | 7 | 67,400 |
| 2009 | 53,000 | 6 | 79,000 |
| 2008 | 41,000 | 5 | 80,000 |
| 2007 | 40,000 | 5 | 82,000 |
| 2006 | 46,000 | 6 | 77,000 |
| 2005 | 74,000 | 8 | 46,000 |
| * annualised | |||
Cashless payments
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Payments via the Bundesbank (number of transactions) | 4,461.3 million | 4,851.6 million |
| ↳ of which via RPS | 4,382.1 million | 4,766.4 million |
| ↳ of which via TARGET2-BBk | 76.4 million | 82.3 million |
| Payments via the Deutsche Bundesbank (value) | €179.0 trillion | €189.5 trillion |
| ↳ of which via RPS | €3.2 trillion | €3.3 trillion |
| ↳ of which via TARGET2-BBk | €174.1 trillion | €184.5 trillion |
| Share of TARGET2-BBk transactions in EU-wide TARGET2 system | ~50 % | ~53 % |
Banking supervision
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Institutions to be supervised | 3,179 | 3,126 |
| On-site inspections | 203 | 202 |
Cooperation with foreign central banks
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Training and advisory events | 214 | 214 |
| ↳ participants (total) | 3,290 | 2,830 |
| ↳ participating countries (total) | 99 | 99 |
Selected economic publications
| Publications (editions/circulation) | 2017 | 2018 |
| Annual Report | 1 / 8,300 | 1 / 7,700 |
| Financial Stability Report | 1 / 8,300 | 1 / 8,000 |
| Monthly Report | 12 / 7,500 | 12 / 7,500 |
| Statistical Supplements | 52 / 1,170 | 52 / 1,170 |
| Research Centre Discussion Papers | 52 / 300 | 52 / 300 |
| Publications in academic journals/books 2012 | 66 | 82 |
External communication/public relations
| Positions | 2017 | 2018 |
| Visitors to the Money Museum * | 50,559 | 53,329 |
| Written answers to queries | 11,802 | 12,027 |
| Press releases | 323 | 321 |
| Visits to the website (www.bundesbank.de) | 5,985,933 | 6,138,755 |
| Training sessions on counterfeit prevention | 2,000 | 2,500 |
| ↳ participants | 42,000 | 50,000 |