Apart from its own bilateral and multilateral projects, the Bundesbank is engaged in projects financed by third parties. These alone account for one-third of the Centre for Technical Central Bank Cooperation’s activities.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €31.4 billion in December 2023, up €0.9 billion on the previous month’s level. While the surplus in the goods account decreased, the surplus in in-visible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, ex-perienced a stronger increase. 

The underlying idea behind a securitisation is to bundle together a pool of assets, repackage them as tradable securities and place them in the capital market. This allows firms to sell their customer exposures, obtain funding from the capital market and invest the proceeds. Banks use securitisation for, amongst other things, refinancing, own funds relief, credit risk mitigation and portfolio management.

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Vorstandsmitglied Burkhard Balz hat die neue Repräsentanz der Bundesbank in Brüssel eröffnet und das deutsche Team im House of the Euro vorgestellt. Zahlreiche Gäste, wie auch die SSM-Vorsitzende Claudia Buch und der deutsche Botschafter in Belgien, Martin Kotthaus, nutzten die Gelegenheit zum Austausch.

The Deutsche Bundesbank was established on 1 August 1957. Here you can find an overview of the most important milestones of Germany’s central bank and monetary policy in the euro area.

The Deutsche Bundesbank and the Banque de France, six national central banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) have today launched a programme funded by the European Union (EU) with the aim of contributing to the macroeconomic and financial stability of African countries.

Am deutschen Rentenmarkt war die Emissionstätigkeit im Dezember 2023 – wie häufig zum Ende eines Jahres – schwächer als im Vormonat. Insgesamt wurden inländische Schuldverschreibungen für 80,9 Mrd € emittiert, verglichen mit 124,3 Mrd € im November.

Protecting the integrity and reputation of the Bundesbank requires constant, joint efforts in order to maintain public trust in the Bundesbank’s performance of its tasks over the long haul.

In 2023, the Bundesbank registered more counterfeit money in Germany than in the previous year. In total, there were around 56,600 counterfeit euro banknotes with a nominal value of €5.1 million. “The increase in counterfeit figures was driven by a handful of major cases of fraud, predominantly involving counterfeit €200 and €500 banknotes,” stated Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz. Overall, the incidence of counterfeiting is still low and the risk to members of the public remains small, he said.