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Announcement – Federal Treasury discount paper (Bubills)
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Marco Leppin Director for Board and International Affairs
Director for Board and International Affairs
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Closer collaboration with Kazakhstan: MoU signed CIC Newsletter – October 2024
15.10.2024 DE
On 16 September, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the National Bank of Kazakhstan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which provides a formal basis for their long-standing collaboration and intensifies cooperation within the framework of the CCAMTAC. Read more below about the details and importance of this partnership.
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Introducing a digital euro: The cross-border dimension RBI@90 High-Level Conference “Central Banking at Crossroads”
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Auction result - Treasury discount paper (Unverzinsliche Schatzanweisungen “Bubills”) of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Invitation to bid for 6-months Bills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
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Was macht die Bundesbank? Finance Flash – Folge 1
17.03.2025 No English translation available
Von der Deutschen Bundesbank haben die meisten vielleicht schon einmal gehört. Aber was macht die deutsche Notenbank eigentlich genau? In unserer ersten Folge Finance Flash erklärt Yannick, was die wichtigsten und natürlich auch die spannendsten Aufgaben der Bundesbank sind. Bei „Wahr oder falsch?“ kann mitgeraten werden, was wirklich die Aufgaben der Bundesbank sind. Was ist Preisstabilität? Yannick erklärt das in 20 Sekunden. Warum 12,4 die Zahl der Woche ist? Mehr dazu im Video!
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Finanzielle Bildung - Geld leihen, Geld sparen, Geld verstehen Web-Seminar für nordrhein-westfälische Lehrkräfte, die in der Sekundarstufe II volkswirtschaftliche Themen unterrichten (VWL, AWL, Sozialwissenschaften u. ä.), sowie Lehramtsstudierende und Lehramtsanwärterinnen und -anwärter
Referent: Björn Beyer
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Sustainable Finance
Sustainable Finance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance aspects into the decision-making of financial players.
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Data Template on International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity of Germany Reporting period May 2025
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Monthly Financial Statement of the Deutsche Bundesbank Reporting period May 2025
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New faces at the Bundesbank abroad – in New York, Brussels, Singapore and São Paulo
Changing jobs in the midst of a pandemic is challenging, especially if the new post is abroad. Jens Reich, Marie-Therese Gold, Michael Schardt and Alexander Lieber now work for the Bundesbank overseas.
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Bundesbank Root CA -Advanced- 2023
The certificate is self-signed with the SHA-256 algorithm and is valid for twelve years.
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Customer classification
The customer classification is made available to institutions subject to reporting requirements which have to classify economic agents by sector for Bundesbank statistics. For this purpose a sectoral breakdown with explanations is published in the Special Statistical Publication 1 which corresponds to the classification used in the "European System of Accounts (ESA 95)".
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New deputy head at the Bundesbank’s Representative Office in New York
Dr Johannes Ludwig is the new Deputy Head of the New York Representative Office.
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Current Focus on “Gold reserves – historical perspective and inventory management”
On 11 October 2023, we will be turning our attention to gold. Register now for the online course.
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Fintechs are transforming the financial system – recognising and mastering the challenges
Technology-based financial enterprises, also known as fintechs, have the potential to transform the financial system permanently. Experts from 15 countries discussed the challenges central banks and financial supervisory authorities face in their work with the advent of fintechs.
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Ceremonies marking changes of office in Mumbai and São Paulo
Ceremonies took place to formally mark two changes of office, each with around 50 guests. The new Bundesbank representatives are Thomas Notheis in Mumbai and Alexander Lieber in São Paulo.
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Burkhard Balz on the value of stable personal contacts around the world
Burkhard Balz, the Executive Board member responsible for the CIC, draws on his many years of experience to bring personal insights to international central bank dialogue.
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Unterrichtsvorlagen zum Schülerbuch
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Für das Schülerbuch „Geld und Geldpolitik“ sind begleitende Materialien für den Einsatz im Schulunterricht erhältlich.
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New on board
Ruth Förtsch, Daniel Nagel, Karin Sagner-Kaiser and Alexander Schwarz are new on the CIC team.
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Bundesbank Issuing CA for Users -Advanced- 2024
The certificate is self-signed with the SHA-256 algorithm and is valid for twelve years.
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Valuable cooperation with JVI, AMF, SEACEN and CEMLA
Cooperative arrangements are valuable, as they save resources, increase reach and strengthen networks
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International Conference on Payments and Securities Settlement Data and Information
The Bank of Canada will host the 3rd edition of the International Conference on Payments and Securities Settlement at its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada on 12 and 13 June 2025.
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Geringer Nettoabsatz deutscher Schuldverschreibungen im August 2024
Die Bruttoemissionen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lagen im August 2024 mit 113,5 Mrd € unter dem Wert des Vormonats (118,6 Mrd €). Nach Berücksichtigung der Tilgungen und der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf heimischer Rentenwerte um 7,5 Mrd € (Juli: – 1,2 Mrd €). Ausländische Titel wurden für netto 9,3 Mrd € am deutschen Markt untergebracht, sodass der Umlauf von in- und ausländischen Schuldverschreibungen in Deutschland im Ergebnis um 16,8 Mrd € zunahm.
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German balance of payments in August 2024
Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €14.4 billion in August 2024, down €3.3 billion on the previous month’s level. This was chiefly attributable to a smaller goods account surplus.
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Despite difficult conditions, EU-funded twinning project with Bank of Albania successfully completed
The Bundesbank took a fully active part in this project. Experts involved describe their personal impressions.
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Back to the Future™ – the return to in-person courses
Following many online courses over the past two years, the “Introduction to the Basel Framework” course was held in Frankfurt as a face-to-face event in April. Marcus Haas, advisor on banking supervision, reports on how it went and the advantages and disadvantages of in-person courses.
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Britta Weinmann is the Bundesbank’s new representative in Moscow
Britta Weinmann is the Bundesbank’s new representative at the German embassy in Moscow. Ms Weinmann, who worked in banking supervision at the Bank’s Regional Office in Hesse prior to this, took over her new role on 1 August from Sven Redel
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Financial stability, probabilities of default and COVID-19 – experts discuss unconventional methods.
A lack of data is making it very difficult to estimate probabilities of default. Experts from 13 countries discussed different approaches, from the factoring in of certain variables to the development of algorithms. Only time will tell which of these will win out in practice.
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Republik Guinea-Bissau
No English translation available
Die Finanzsanktionen gegen bestimmte den Frieden, die Sicherheit und die Stabilität in der Republik Guinea-Bissau gefährdete Personen, Organisationen und Einrichtungen dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.
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Central bank dialogue: the new normal
The new online courses have been up and running for three months. Marcus Haas, advisor on banking supervision, gives us a personal insight into the new normal.
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High-level policy workshop on the topic of non-performing loans
High-level experts from the ESCB, the European Commission, and the central banks and national competent authorities of the Western Balkans met in Frankfurt at the end of February to discuss the topic of non-performing loans from both a microprudential and macroprudential perspective.
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Balance of payments Reporting period April 2025
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Extension of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State Bank of Vietnam
Dr Nguyen Kim Anh, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, and Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank shake hands on MoU extension.
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“Get set, go!” for new themed series, starting with “Climate change and central banks”
Online lecture series on climate change and central banks ran until mid-May. Two new series on the digital euro and cash management set to start in 2024.
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The Bundesbank has played a leading role in central bank cooperation for 30 years Key issues remain – shift in focus
Looking back at 30 years of central bank cooperation. What we can see is that key issues remain while the focus shifts.
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NEW: Quick access to all course information
All course information in one place – from registration to feedback.
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Digital transformation at central banks – a review
The coronavirus pandemic has forced central banks to make significant strides in their digitalisation efforts. 30 experts came together in an ad hoc expert panel to share their experiences with the digitalisation process. The Bundesbank offered insights into its new InnoWerk lab.
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Burkhard Balz renews MoU with Bank of Namibia
The signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formally extends the long-standing cooperation between the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Bank of Namibia, which stretches back ten years. Staff training, technical support, benchmarking exercises and staff exchanges are planned.
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International central bank dialogue with the Reserve Bank of Malawi
At the beginning of November, the Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue welcomed a delegation from Malawi to Frankfurt for the first time.
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New: online courses on cash management
Automation, digitalisation, process optimisation, pandemic preparedness, counterfeit money – all issues that have a bearing on cash management. Our new online courses address these topics and more.
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Data sharing seminar a great success International central bank course, Frankfurt 11 – 15 June 2018
Experts from 17 countries and the Bundesbank discussed various issues regarding the exchange and shared use of sensitive and granular data and microdata. Real-world applicability was key. The seminar will be held again in 2019.
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New web-seminar series to be launched
Starting in June, you will be able to participate in our new web-seminars each week. Sign up now – the number of participants is limited.
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Successful completion of EU-funded twinning project with National Bank of Serbia
At a ceremony on 6 March 2020, the EU twinning project with the Serbian national bank in Belgrade was formally concluded. Burkhard Balz, Bundesbank Executive Board member, hailed it a success in his speech.
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Announcement of auction – 6-months Bills of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
133 KB, PDF
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Invitation to bid – Treasury discount paper (Unverzinsliche Schatzanweisungen – “Bubills”) of the Federal Republic of Germany
158 KB, PDF
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Bundesbank Issuing CA for Users -Advanced- 2020
The certificate is signed with the SHA-256 algorithm by the Bundesbank Root CA 2017 Advanced and is valid for six years.
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Strong interest in cash management topics during the pandemic
In 2020, demand for bilateral cooperation between central banks in the field of cash management increased and became more diversified. The new international online courses are being well received. The pandemic, cash centres, IT applications and cash processing were the hottest topics.