Monetary policy meets urban policy – this was the theme of a podium discussion with Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Sven Schulze, Mayor of Chemnitz, that took place as part of festivities celebrating “Chemnitz 2025”. The two answered questions from visitors and the moderator on the topics of inflation, the digital euro and economic growth.

In March 2024, the ECB Governing Council approved changes to the Eurosystem’s operational framework for implementing monetary policy. The Bundesbank’s economists provide an overview of the adjustments and an outlook for the review of the technical design in 2026 in the current issue of the Monthly Report. 

The Deutsche Bundesbank mourns the passing of Julia Dingwort-Nusseck. The former President of the Land Central Bank of Lower Saxony and the first woman on the Bundesbank’s Central Bank Council passed away on 7 June 2025 at the age of 103.