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Monthly report – October 2023
The October 2023 edition of the Monthly Report examines whether German and euro area price competitiveness is favourable. It also describes how state government finances developed in 2022 and finds that, despite large surpluses overall, recourse to emergency loans was extensive in some cases.
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Maintaining a safe and efficient cash cycle in times of change South African Reserve Bank
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How much foreign currency must a central bank buy to implement a minimum exchange rate? Estimation using the Swiss National Bank as an example Research Brief | 50th edition – July 2022
Implementing a minimum exchange rate regime by buying foreign currency eases monetary conditions domestically and may thus have a direct impact on the inflation rate. However, such foreign currency purchases involve a risky expansion of the central bank’s balance sheet total. A new model can now predict what expansion of the balance sheet a central bank must expect if it wishes to implement a minimum exchange rate in the foreign exchange market.
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Dual mandate could threaten credibility Symposium on Financial Stability and the Role of Central Banks
27.02.2014 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann believes that financial stability must not be adopted as an additional monetary policy objective on a par with price stability. This would put the credibility of central banks at risk, he explained at a Bundesbank symposium. Monetary policy was not a suitable instrument for safeguarding financial stability. Renowned economists then discussed the interaction between monetary policy and financial stability.
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Capital Flows, House Prices, and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from Advanced and Emerging Market Economies Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi, Luis Felipe Cespedes, Alessandro Rebucci
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The optimal inflation target: Bridging the gap between theory and policy Discussion paper 44/2024: Klaus Adam, Henning Weber
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Opening speech at the Deutsche Bundesbank's third cash symposium
From the point of view of Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, there is no need to loosen the accommodative monetary policy any further. In remarks delivered at the third cash symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank, he noted that, instead, the forces of growth in the euro area needed to be strengthened and that the measures already introduced should be given time to unleash their impact.
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Costs of Cash and Card Payments from a Consumer Perspective Study commissioned by the Deutsche Bundesbank (Modul 3)
The costs of payment methods for consumers are difficult to determine, not recorded in a harmonised manner on an international level and consequently vary significantly from country to country. For this reason, a separate study is necessary for Germany. As part of a representative survey conducted in 2023, households were asked about the costs they incurred when using various means of payment.
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Methodenhandbuch zur Zahlungsbilanz bzw. zum Auslandsvermögensstatus in der Europäischen Union
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