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!

Sustainable Finance refers to the integration of environmental, social and governance aspects into the decision-making of financial players.

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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Dr Johannes Ludwig is the new Deputy Head of the New York Representative Office.

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)".

On 11 October 2023, we will be turning our attention to gold. Register now for the online course.

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.

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.

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.

Ruth Förtsch, Daniel Nagel, Karin Sagner-Kaiser and Alexander Schwarz are new on the CIC team.

Für das Schülerbuch „Geld und Geldpolitik“ sind begleitende Materialien für den Einsatz im Schulunterricht erhältlich.

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Cooperative arrangements are valuable, as they save resources, increase reach and strengthen networks

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. 

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.

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.

The Bundesbank took a fully active part in this project. Experts involved describe their personal impressions.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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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. 

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. 

At the beginning of November, the Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue welcomed a delegation from Malawi to Frankfurt for the first time.

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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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.

Looking back at 30 years of central bank cooperation. What we can see is that key issues remain while the focus shifts.

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.

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.

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. 

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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If everyone pulls together, even complex projects can run smoothly and successfully.

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.

Fight against euro counterfeiting in North Macedonia and strengthening overall central banking business in Belarus are at the focus of the current twinning and twinning light projects.

One year ago, the new Centre for International Central Bank Dialogue was established. Synergies have been harnessed in the field of central bank cooperation by working hand in hand with the Bundesbank’s representatives around the world.

The Representative Office in New York provides an informal atmosphere – Bundesbank staff present their work to American banking and financial experts. To start off: Dr Weigert with the 2018 Financial Stability Review.

Is cash a thing of the past? Certainly not! It is an important means of payment and will remain so in the future. A central bank should be well prepared in this respect. In this age of automation and digitalisation, it is important to address the right questions and make adjustments for the future. The CIC has an interesting proposal relating to this issue.