President of the Deutsche Bundesbank 01.09.1999 – 16.04.2004

President of the Deutsche Bundesbank 30 Apr 2004 - 30 Apr 2011

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The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its "Federal States" series as of 2018 March 3rd, this time dedicated to the German federal state of Berlin (motif: Charlottenburg Palace).

The Federal Government currently employs a range of securities to borrow funds for financing its budget. There are four different one-off issues (Federal bonds, Five-year Federal notes, Federal Treasury notes and Treasury discount paper as well as inflation-linked Federal bonds and inflation-linked Federal notes), which are issued by auction.

The Deutsche Bundesbank has taken receipt of a comprehensive study on the history of central banking in Germany between the years 1924 and 1970. The large-scale research project entitled “From the Reichsbank to the Bundesbank” looks into the history of the Reichsbank as the central bank during the Nazi era as well as investigating continuities in terms of personnel after the central banks Bank deutscher Länder and Deutsche Bundesbank were established after the war.

The European Banking Authority is an independent EU authority, although it is accountable to the European Parliament, the EU Council and the European Commission.

Im Jahr 2017 hat die Bundesbank eine umfangreiche Studie zur Geschichte der Reichsbank, der Bank deutscher Länder und der frühen Bundesbank beauftragt. Was waren die Herausforderungen bei diesem Projekt? In welchem Kontext bewegt es sich? Und welche wesentlichen Erkenntnisse hat es zutage gefördert? Ein Interview mit den wissenschaftlichen Leitern, Magnus Brechtken und Albrecht Ritschl.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 circulation coin commemorating the German federal state of “Saxony” (featuring Dresden's Zwinger Palace) to be issued on 5 February 2016.

The German government has decided to mint a €2 collectors’ coin commemorating the Bundesrat (the second house of Parliament). It was issued on 29 January 2019.

Introducing our newcomers: Marie-Therese Gold, head of the Bundesbank’s representative office in Brussels, Nikola Marcinko, the Bundesbank’s first representative in Riga, Ezgi Delikanli, representative in London, Andreas Gauf and Philipp Täufer on the Frankfurt team. 

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €29.7 billion in January 2024, down €1.9 billion on the previous month’s level. The goods account surplus increased significantly, but this was outweighed by a stronger decline in the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.

Der Bruttoabsatz am deutschen Rentenmarkt lag im Januar 2024 mit 146,9 Mrd € deutlich über dem Wert des Vormonats (81,3 Mrd €). Unter Berücksichtigung gestiegener Tilgungen und der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf inländischer Rentenpapiere um 22,3 Mrd €, nach einem Rückgang von 27,5 Mrd € im Dezember 2023. Der Umlauf ausländischer Titel am deutschen Markt erhöhte sich um 8,3 Mrd €, sodass der Umlauf von in- und ausländischen Schuldverschreibungen in Deutschland im Januar im Ergebnis um 30,6 Mrd € anstieg. 

Luca studiert an der bundesbankeigenen Hochschule Zentralbankwesen und konnte in seiner Praxisphase aktiv bei der Rekrutierung neuer Studierender unterstützen.

The German government has decided to issue the next €2 commemorative coin in its “Federal States” series as of 3 February 2017, this time dedicated to the German federal state of “Rhineland-Palatinate” (motif: Porta Nigra).

EZB schließt im Dezember 2022 begonnene Überprüfung ab. Handlungsrahmen legt dar, wie der EZB-Rat künftig die kurzfristigen Geldmarktsätze angesichts der Normalisierung der Bilanz des Eurosystems steuert, sodass diese sich eng an den geldpolitischen Beschlüssen orientieren.

François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France, and Joachim Nagel, President of the Bundesbank, cut the ribbon on an EU-funded pilot project for African central banks at a special event held in Paris. 

The micro data from wave one and two are available for scientific research projects.

The Bank Al-Maghrib hosted a three-part series of seminars led by the Bundesbank on the topics of financial stability, banking supervision and cash management. At the AMF, the focus was on green finance. 

Over 50 financial sector representatives accepted the invitation to the first Forum Bundesbank in Madrid. The panel discussion focused on the economic challenges currently facing Europe. The next forum is scheduled for the second half of the year.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Central Bank of the Philippines and the Bundesbank.

Apply now to our new online series on the topics of “Greening the financial system” and “Digital currencies” starting in June and August 2024.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat den Mietvertrag für das Gallileo-Hochhaus unterzeichnet.
Somit wird der Büroturm im Frankfurter Bankenviertel neuer Standort der EZB-Bankenaufsicht.

Proper disclosure requirements are designed to enhance market discipline and induce credit institutions to improve their market strategy, risk management practices and internal risk control systems.

For many years the Directorate General Banking and Financial Supervision and Directorate General Financial Stability have organised the Bundesbank's autumn conference in Frankfurt on a rotating basis.

Etwa 30 Lehrerinnen und Lehrer aus ganz Deutschland waren am 8. März bei der Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main zu Gast. Bei der Veranstaltung „Nagel trifft Lehrerinnen und Lehrer“ hatten sie die Gelegenheit, geldpolitische Themen direkt mit Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel zu diskutieren. Bereits seit 2013 findet dieser persönliche Austausch mit dem Präsidenten einmal jährlich statt.