Service Navigation

Homepage

Opinion: Breaking the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns for good

22.10.2024

French economist Nicolas Véron and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel call for the banking union to be completed. Writing in Politico Magazine, they argue that the issues of crisis management, deposit insurance and banks’ sovereign exposures are intertwined. 

Breaking the vicious circle between banks and sovereigns for good
Nicolas Véron, Joachim Nagel ©Bruegel / Gaby Gerster
Robust outward FDI flows from Germany – value of inward FDI flows into Germany lower

22.07.2024

The current decade could mark a turning point in the international division of labour. The coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s attack on Ukraine caused severe disruptions to international supply chains. Production relationships could undergo lasting change owing to the two events, the Bundesbank’s economists write in the October Monthly Report. In their article, they explore whether this is already being reflected in Germany’s foreign direct investment (FDI) relationships.

Robust outward FDI flows from Germany – value of inward FDI flows into Germany lower
Stahlproduktion ©dpa
Bundesbank President Nagel and IMF boss Georgieva at the Capital City Reception in Berlin

09.10.2024

Once a year, the Bundesbank invites guests from the spheres of politics, academia and society to the Capital City Reception in Berlin to exchange views on the economic situation and current topics. This year's event saw Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel welcome IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and author Constanze Stelzenmüller as special guests.

Bundesbank President Nagel and IMF boss Georgieva at the Capital City Reception in Berlin
Constanze Stelzenmüller, Joachim Nagel, Kristalina Georgieva and Astrid Frohloff at the Annual Reception ©Heiko Laschitzki
Payments Symposium: global challenges in the digital age

08.10.2024

The world is becoming increasingly digital – this presents a whole host of challenges for payments in Europe, but also opens up opportunities as a result of innovations. The Bundesbank’s Payments Symposium 2024 saw around 250 experts from the business community, academia and state institutions come together to discuss this topic, including Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz and Piero Cipollone, member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank.

Payments Symposium: global challenges in the digital age
Burkhard Balz and Piero Cipollone ©Bert Bostelmann
The Bundesbank hosts an international autumn conference

07.10.2024

This year, the Bundesbank’s autumn conference in Frankfurt am Main focused on the challenges facing financial markets, financial intermediaries and central banks. The conference, which was organised in cooperation with the Humboldt University of Berlin, hosted international guests and speakers from the Federal Reserve Bank, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, King’s College London, Princeton and Bocconi University, among many more.

The Bundesbank hosts an international autumn conference
Participant at the fall conference ©Marcus Kaufhold