The Bundesbank: key figures
Employees
Staff | 2019 | 2020 |
| Core staff (full-time equivalents) | 10,193 | 10,407 |
| Contraction since 31.12.2001 | 4,607 (= 31,1%) | 4,393 |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Compared with the end of 2001, when the Bundesbank employed 14,800 core staff, the 31 December 2020 figure of 10,407 represents a decline of 4,393 employees or 29.7%.
Locations / Core staff of fulltime base
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
Central Office | 1 / 5,066 | 1 / 5,240 |
Regional Offices | 9 / 2,705 | 9 / 2,726 |
Branches | 35 / 2,422 | 35 / 2,441 |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Annual accounts
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
| Distributable profit | € 5.851 million | - |
Net interest income | €4,643 million | €2,870 million |
Balance sheet total | €1,779,846 million | €2,526,558 million |
Foreign reserve assets (total) | €199,3 billion | €219.1 billion |
| ↳ foreign currency | €32.0 billion | €30.1 billion |
| ↳ receivables from the IMF | €20.7 billion | €22.2 billion |
| ↳ gold | €146.6 billion (3,367 t) | €166.9 billion |
Allocation across the various storage locations | ||
Frankfurt am Main | €74.4 billion (1,710 t) | €84.9 billion (1,710 t) |
| New York | €53.8 billion (1,236 t) | €61.4 billion (1,236 t) |
London | €18.3 billion (423 t) | €20.7 billion (416 t) |
| as at 31.12. | ||
ECB capital key
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
Share of subscribed capital | 18,3670% | 21.4394% |
Share of paid-up capital | 26,3827% | 26.3615% |
| Amount of the participating interest in the ECB | €1.99 billion | €2.00 billion |
| Foreign reserve assets transferred to the ECB | €10.64 billion | €10.64 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Monetary policy operations
Open market operations | 2019 | 2020 |
| Main refinancing operations in the euro area | €4.38 billion | €0.93 billion |
| Longer-term refinancing operations in the euro area | €696.64 billion | €1,252.55 billion |
| ↳ of which counterparties of the Bundesbank | €84.84 billion | €208.04 billion |
| Banks participating in the main refinancing operations in the Eurosystem (average) | 30 | 16 |
| ↳ of which via the Bundesbank | 8 | 6 |
Standing facilities* | ||
| Marginal lending facility in the euro area | €0.09 billion | €0.01 billion |
| Deposit facility in the euro area | €524.86 billion | €199.31 billion |
Asset purchase programme (Bundesbank’s share) | ||
CBPP3 portfolio | €61.8 billion | €68.8 billion |
PSPP portfolio | €451.3 billion | €490.8 billion |
CSPP portfolio | €44.7 billion | €60.6 billion |
PEPP government securities portfolio | - | €154.7 billion |
PEPP corporates portfolio | - | €7.0 billion |
PEPP covered bonds portfolio | - | €0.7 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
*Daily average of the individual amounts outstanding. | ||
Cash payments
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
Volume of euro banknotes in circulation (Eurosystem) | €1,292.7 billion | €1,434.5 billion |
Volume of coins in circulation (Eurosystem) | €30.0 billion | €30.4 billion |
| Amount of DM reflows | DM84.5 million | DM57.2 million |
Unreturned Deutsche Mark banknotes and coins | DM12.45 billion | DM12.40 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Incidence of counterfeit money in Germany
Period | Euro banknotes | Per 10,000 inhabitants * | Euro coins |
2020 | 58,800 | 7 | 44,800 |
2019 | 55,200 | 7 | 42,100 |
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 | 2019 | 2020 |
Payments via the Bundesbank (number of transactions) | 5,397.6 million | 6,266.5 million |
| ↳ of which via RPS | 5,302.6 million | 6,148.8 million |
| ↳ of which via TARGET2-BBk | 92.2 million | 114.9 million |
payment transactions in T2 and TIPS | 47.5 million | 48.2 million |
settlement of securities transactions in T2S | 44.7 million | 66.7 million |
Payments via the Deutsche Bundesbank (value) | €224.7 trillion | €245.5 trillion |
| ↳ of which via RPS | €3.5 trillion | €3.7 trillion |
| ↳ of which via TARGET2-BBk | €219.6 trillion | €240.6 trillion |
payment transactions in T2 and TIPS | €180.1 trillion | €187.2 trillion |
settlement of securities transactions in T2S | €39.5 trillion | €53.4 trillion |
| Share of TARGET2-BBk transactions in EU-wide TARGET2 system | ~54 % | 54.3% |
Banking supervision
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
Institutions to be supervised | 3,039 | 2,983 |
On-site inspections | 203 | 113 |
Cooperation with foreign central banks
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
Training and advisory events* | 254 | 239 |
| ↳ participants (total) | 4,149 | 3,713 |
| ↳ participating countries (total) | 98 | 89 |
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person events, museum visits and inspection activities only took place to a limited extent in 2020. | ||
Selected economic publications
| Publications (editions/circulation) | 2019 | 2020 |
Annual Report | 1 / 7,700 | 1 / 7,400 |
Financial Stability Report | 1 / 7,000 | 1 / 5,500 |
Monthly Report | 12 / 7,500 | 12 / 7,450 |
Statistical Supplements* | 60 / - | 15 / - |
Research Centre Discussion Papers | 49 / 300 | 67 / 300 |
Publications in academic journals/books 2012 | 85 | 75 |
* Only available in electronic form. The Statistical Supplements were published up to and including March 2020. | ||
External communication/public relations
Positions | 2019 | 2020 |
Visitors to the Money Museum * | 49,376 | 14,097 |
Events on economic education* | 2,444 | 1,107 |
↳ participants | 73,893 | 30,721 |
Written answers to queries | 11,431 | 11,543 |
Press releases | 357 | 443 |
Training sessions on counterfeit prevention* | 2,300 | 560 |
| ↳ participants | 49,000 | 12,000 |
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person events, museum visits and inspection activities only took place to a limited extent in 2020. | ||