Don’t miss our updated course programme, with new courses to choose from. Take a look over our shoulders: at a film shoot, at the MoU signing ceremony in Mauritius, at discussions on HR topics with Kazakhstan, the Second Forum Bundesbank in Madrid and the Gold Conference co-hosted with the World Bank, and meet our new team at the Tokyo Representative Office.

How are Bitcoin and co. regulated? The latest issue of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report provides information on the challenges involved in regulating crypto-assets and presents the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and the international Basel standard governing the treatment of banks’ crypto-asset exposures. 

Der gewichtete Indikator der Kreditfinanzierungskosten für neue Kredite an Unternehmen sank um 4 Basispunkte auf 5,23 %, und der entsprechende Indikator für neue Wohnungsbaukredite an private Haushalte stieg um 10 Basispunkte auf 4,01 %; beide Entwicklungen waren auf den Zinseffekt zurückzuführen.

The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

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On 1 January 1999, the euro was introduced as book money. Three years later, people in Germany and eleven other European countries got their hands on euro banknotes and coins for the first time. Today, twenty-five years later, the euro is legal tender in twenty countries and has become an indispensable part of Europeans’ everyday lives. 

TARGET stands for Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer system and is the settlement system used by Eurosystem central banks for urgent, real-time transfers.

The German government has decided to mint a €5 collectors' coin with the motif “Planet Earth”, issued on 14 April 2016.

EZB führt bei 109 von ihr beaufsichtigten Banken Stresstest durch, um deren Reaktion auf Cyberangriffe und Fähigkeit zur Wiederherstellung des Geschäftsbetriebs zu prüfen. Stresstestszenario geht von erfolgreichem Cyberangriff aus, der Störungen im Tagesgeschäft der Banken verursacht. Aufsicht wird die Stresstestergebnisse beim SREP mit den einzelnen Banken besprechen

Die Jahreswachstumsrate der weit gefassten Geldmenge M3 lag im November 2023 bei ‑0,9 % nach ‑1,0 % im Oktober. Im Dreimonatsdurchschnitt bis November betrug sie ‑1,0 %.

Bundesbankpräsident Joachim Nagel diskutierte am 16. Januar mit Thomas Saueressig (Entwicklungsvorstand SAP) und Anahita Thoms (Unternehmensberaterin Baker McKenzie/WEF Young Global Leaders) über die aktuelle Lage der Weltwirtschaft und die damit verbundenen Herausforderungen. Das Panel wurde von Ulrich Reitz, Leiter ntv Telebörse, moderiert und bei ntv ausgestrahlt. 

Statistical reports relating to the external sector comprise incoming and outgoing payments (transactions) as well as the status of claims, liabilities and direct investment.

A well functioning economy requires a stable banking system. Banking supervision is therefore responsible for monitoring credit institutions’ business activity and maintaining investor confidence. In Germany, the task of banking supervision is shared by the Bundesbank and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). In particular, the Bundesbank is in charge of monitoring the credit institutions.

Legal norms in Germany consist of laws and statutory orders. These are also fleshed out in BaFin circulars and guidance notices.

The total environmental impact per person of a year’s worth of average cash payments in the euro area is very low. According to the ECB study, it is equivalent to driving a standard car for eight kilometres. The Eurosystem is committed to making euro banknotes as environmentally friendly as possible, whilst ensuring cash is widely available and accepted.

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