The Bundesbank: key figures
Employees
Staff |
2021 |
2022 |
| Core staff (full-time equivalents) |
10,383 |
10,294 |
| Contraction since 31.12.2001 | 4,417 |
4,523 |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Compared with the end of 2001, when the Bundesbank employed 14,800 core staff, the 31 December 2022 figure of 10,294 represents a decline of 4,523 employees or 30.5%.
Locations / Core staff of fulltime base
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Central Office |
1 / 5,347 |
1 / 5,405 |
Regional Offices |
9 / 2,697 |
9 / 2,667 |
Branches |
31 / 2,338 |
31 / 2,223 |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Annual accounts
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
| Distributable profit | - |
- |
Net interest income |
€2,501 million |
€3,954 million |
| Total assets | €3,011,124 million |
€2,903,591 million |
Foreign reserve assets (total) |
€261.4 billion |
€276.5 billion |
| ↳ Foreign currency | €32.6 billion |
€34.4 billion |
| ↳ Receivables from the IMF | €54.9 billion |
€58.0 billion |
| ↳ Gold | €173.8 billion |
€184.0 billion |
Allocation across the various storage locations |
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Frankfurt am Main |
€88.5 billion |
€93.8 billion |
| New York | €64.0 billion |
€67.8 billion |
London |
€21.4 billion |
€22.4 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
ECB capital key
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Share of subscribed capital |
21.4394% |
21.4394% |
Share of paid-up capital |
26.3615% |
26.3615% |
| Amount of the participating interest in the ECB | €2.16 billion |
€2.32 billion |
| Foreign reserve assets transferred to the ECB | €10.64 billion |
€10.64 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Monetary policy operations
| Open market operations in the euro area | 2021 |
2022 |
| Main refinancing operations | €0.39 billion |
€2.406 billion |
| Longer-term refinancing operations | €2,201.50 billion |
€1,321.4 billion |
| ↳ of which counterparties of the Bundesbank | €421.69 billion |
€235.9 billion |
| Banks participating in the main refinancing operations in the Eurosystem (average) |
975 |
769 |
| ↳ of which via the Bundesbank | 650 |
512 |
Standing facilities* |
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| Marginal lending facility in the euro area | €0 |
€0.5 |
| Deposit facility in the euro area | €779.60 billion |
€3,778.8 billion |
Asset purchase programme (Bundesbank’s share) |
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CBPP3 portfolio |
€74.4 billion |
€77.8 billion |
PSPP portfolio |
€536.3 billion |
€562.3 billion |
CSPP portfolio |
€72.1 billion |
€79.1 billion |
PEPP government securities portfolio |
€333.6 billion |
€343.7 billion |
PEPP corporates portfolio |
€8.5 billion |
€8.7 billion |
PEPP covered bonds portfolio |
€1.6 billion |
€1.4 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
*Including targeted longer-term refinancing operations, excluding US dollar tenders. |
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Cash payments
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Volume of euro banknotes in circulation (Eurosystem) |
€1,544.4 billion |
€1,572.0 billion |
Volume of coins in circulation (Eurosystem) |
€31.2 billion |
€32.5 billion |
| Returned DEM banknotes and coins | DEM48.3 million |
DM53.5 million |
| Unreturned DEM banknotes and coins | DEM12.35 billion |
DM12.30 billion |
| as at 31.12. | ||
Incidence of counterfeit money in Germany
Period |
Euro banknotes |
Euro coins |
2022 |
44,145 |
73,400 |
2021 |
41,200 |
41,100 |
2020 |
58,800 |
44,800 |
2019 |
55,200 |
42,100 |
2018 |
58,000 |
33,100 |
2017 |
73,000 |
32,500 |
2016 |
82,200 |
33,000 |
2015 |
95,400 |
34,100 |
2014 |
63,000 |
45,900 |
2013 |
38,800 |
52,000 |
2012 |
41,500 |
52,000 |
2011 |
39,000 |
52,700 |
2010 |
60,000 |
67,400 |
2009 |
53,000 |
79,000 |
2008 |
41,000 |
80,000 |
2007 |
40,000 |
82,000 |
2006 |
46,000 |
77,000 |
2005 |
74,000 |
46,000 |
| * annualised | ||
Cashless payments
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Payments via the Bundesbank (number of transactions) |
6,891.1 million |
7,273.5 million |
| ↳ of which via RPS | 6,762.9 million |
7,128.5 million |
| ↳ of which via TARGET2-BBk | 125.7 million |
142.4 million |
payment transactions in T2 and TIPS |
51.1 million |
68.3 million |
settlement of securities transactions in T2S |
74.6 million |
74.1 million |
Payments via the Deutsche Bundesbank (value) |
€254.5 trillion |
€295.2 trillion |
| ↳ of which via RPS | €4.2 trillion |
€4.3 trillion |
| ↳ of which via TARGET2-BBk | €249.3 trillion |
€288.6 trillion |
payment transactions in T2 and TIPS |
€184.6 trillion |
€221.3 trillion |
settlement of securities transactions in T2S |
€64.6 trillion |
€67.4 trillion |
| Share of TARGET2-BBk transactions in EU-wide TARGET2 system (number of payment transactions) |
52.2% |
51.7% |
Banking supervision
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Institutions to be supervised |
2,917 |
2,858 |
On-site inspections |
193 |
154 |
Cooperation with foreign central banks
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Training and advisory events* |
245 |
186 |
| ↳ Number of participants (total) | 3,922 |
3,284 |
| ↳ Number of participating countries (total) | 97 |
94 |
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person events, museum visits and inspection activities only took place to a limited extent in 2021 and 2022. |
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Selected economic publications
| Publications (Selected publications) |
2021 |
2022 |
Annual Report* |
1 |
1 |
Financial Stability Report* |
1 |
1 |
Monthly Report |
12 |
12 |
Statistical Supplements* |
104 |
104 |
Research Centre Discussion Papers* |
56 |
52 |
Technical PaperTechnical Paper* |
13 |
4 |
Publications in academic journals |
86 |
89 |
*Later versions may only be available in electronic form. |
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External communication/public relations
Positions |
2021 |
2022 |
Visitors to the Money Museum* |
11,089 |
31,426 |
Economic education events* |
1,173 |
1,781 |
↳ Number of participants |
31,871 |
47,839 |
Written answers to queries |
14,074 |
16,029 |
Press releases |
470 |
469 |
Training sessions on counterfeit prevention* |
170 |
1,400 |
| ↳ Number of participants | 2,900 |
27,000 |
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person events, museum visits and inspection activities only took place to a limited extent in 2021 and 2022. |
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