Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) eröffnet heute ihr Besucherzentrum. Die an ihrem Sitz in Frankfurt neu geschaffenen Räumlichkeiten machen es möglich, Bürgerinnen und Bürger aus Europa und anderen Teilen der Welt einzuladen, mehr über die EZB, ihre Aufgaben und ihr Leitbild zu erfahren.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out in favour of taking advantage of the good global economic outlook to implement reforms. It is now vital to "push ahead with structural reforms that put national economies on a path of sustainable, higher growth," he said at a joint press conference with Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Euro area central banks "can't take any consideration of government financing burdens" when normalising monetary policy, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says. "If price pressures rise, then we have to tighten our monetary policy," he told the Wirtschaftswoche business periodical.