Speeches
Here you find speeches of the current and past members of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank from the past ten years. Speeches of the former Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Deutsche Bundesbank date back to 2005.
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Grußwort zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung „Annette Kelm – Geld“
15.01.2020 | Frankfurt am Main No English translation available
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A changing economy – should policymakers act? Speech at the New Year’s reception of the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce
09.01.2020 | Cologne DE
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Zahlungsverkehr der Zukunft – Weichenstellungen für Deutschland und Europa Handelsblatt Jahrestagung „Bankentechnologie“
05.12.2019 | Frankfurt am Main No English translation available
Bundesbankvorstand Burkhard Balz hat sich dafür ausgesprochen, bei der Beaufsichtigung von Kryptotoken wie Libra die volle Bandbreite der bestehenden Regeln anzuwenden und bei Bedarf sogar auszuweiten. „Es sollte weiterhin der Grundsatz gelten, dass gleiche Geschäfte und gleiche Risiken in gleicher Weise beaufsichtigt werden“, so Balz.
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Forward together – the socio-economic dimension of cash and remittances Stellenbosch University
05.12.2019 | Stellenbosch
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Maintaining a safe and efficient cash cycle in times of change South African Reserve Bank
04.12.2019 | Pretoria
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Capital Markets Union: A Central Banking Perspective on the Way Forward Keynote lecture prepared for the 2nd Annual Conference of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Community of Practice in Financial Research Capital Markets Union: Unlocking Europe’s Economic Potential
04.12.2019 | Brüssel
Bundesbank Vice-President Claudia Buch believes that the capital markets union helps to make the financial system more stable. Speaking at the 2nd annual conference of the Community of Practice in Financial Research in Brussels, she also highlighted the importance of better access to data and information, improved communication of the benefits of integrated financial markets, and financial literacy.
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Consistency as a mandate Speech at the ceremony to commemorate “250 years of the Pfandbrief”
According to Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, banks need to take adequate account of climate-related financial risks in their risk management. “If financing environmentally harmful projects were to become less attractive as a result, that would be a welcome side effect,” he said in a speech.
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Finanzmärkte und gesellschaftlicher Wohlstand: Lehren aus der Finanzkrise Festrede anlässlich der Verleihung des Cusanus-Preises für besonderes gesellschaftliches Engagement
22.11.2019 | Frankfurt am Main No English translation available
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What the future holds – Benefits and limitations of forward guidance Speech at the European Banking Congress
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has drawn attention to the dangers of an even longer period of negative interest rates. "
Holding interest rates lower for even longer would aggravate the risks and side effects of a very expensionary monetary policy
", he said at this year‘s European Banking Congress in Frankfurt. -
Ce que nous réserve le futur – avantages et limites de la forward guidance Discours tenu au Congrès bancaire européen