Housing prices continued to rise in 2017. Price exaggerations in German towns and cities were between 15% and 30% and in the big cities they were as high as 35%, according to the latest Bundesbank Monthly Report.

In Dortmund entsteht mit einer neuen Filiale der größte und modernste Geldbearbeitungs-Standort der Deutschen Bundesbank. Anfang September wurden die ersten Spatenstiche für das Bauprojekt gesetzt. Im Jahr 2019 soll die neue Filiale ihren Betrieb aufnehmen.

The Deutsche Bundesbank was founded on 1 August 1957 and is now celebrating its 60th anniversary. The Bundesbank has not changed its monetary policy stance during this period and will remain committed to maintaining price stability in the future as well, writes Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann in a guest article on the occasion of the Bank’s 60th anniversary.

The Deutsche Bundesbank was founded on 1 August 1957. For sixty years it has ensured a stable currency. In 2017, the Bundesbank is commemorating this anniversary with a variety of public events.

Whether supplying cash to the economy, being actively involved in banking supervision or giving talks to the general public under the rubric of economic education, the Bundesbank is on hand as a service provider, supervisor and information provider at approximately 40 locations throughout Germany.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has sounded a warning against attaching too much importance to Germany’s high current account surplus. At a conference in Frankfurt am Main hosted jointly by the Bundesbank and the International Monetary Fund, he explained that it was partly a reflection of the very accommodative monetary policy in the euro area.