The main and longer-term refinancing operations are conducted in accordance with an indicative calendar published by the Eurosystem.

The main refinancing operations, with a weekly frequency and a maturity of one week, are the most important monetary policy instrument used by the Eurosystem for money market management.

The main tasks of the expert panel are promoting dialogue on the activities of international working groups and to provide a platform for exploring industry-wide issues.

In T2 there are two regular releases scheduled per year – one on the second weekend of June and one on the third weekend of November. The dates are synchronised with the releases in T2S (June and November). The respective release notes for the production and test environment can be found here.

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The Eurosystem conducts monthly longer-term refinancing basic tender operations with a three-month maturity in order to steady the supply of liquidity and to assist banks which are active in the money market in the security of their operations.

The German government has decided to mint a €10 collector coin entitled “Federal Agency for Technical Relief”, which is scheduled for issue on 24 April 2025.

In the first quarter of 2025, firms again considered the high level of regulation and government rules to be their greatest challenge in the short term. In March, this was considered to be the greatest challenge by 69% of firms, followed by the poor availability of workers, which was considered to be a serious problem by 55% of firms. In the first quarter of 2025, between 48% and 52% of firms believed high energy prices would be problematic for them going forward. Around 38% of firms said that competitive pressure would pose a challenge over the next six months. By contrast, around 32% believed this would not be a problem for them. 

In the fourth quarter of 2024, German households’ nominal financial assets grew by €136 billion, totalling €9,050 billion as at the end of the year. This is now the fifth increase in succession, continuing the growth streak that has been ongoing since the end of 2023. Households increased their claims by €79 billion and generated valuation gains of €57 billion.

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