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German balance of payments in April 2022
In April 2022, Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €7.4 billion, down €11.3 billion on the previous month’s level. This was chiefly due to a decrease in the goods account surplus, but was also attributable to a somewhat lower surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.
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The costs of payment methods in the retail sector
This study examines the costs incurred by the use of cash and cashless payment methods in brick-and-mortar retail and related industries.
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Monetary policy responses to oil price movements M. Bodenstein, L. Guerrieri, L. Kilian
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Bundesbank expects recession in final quarter of 2022 and first quarter of 2023
23.11.2022 DE
Contrary to expectations, German economic activity expanded in the third quarter of 2022, the Bundesbank writes in its current Monthly Report. Despite high inflation and uncertainty about future energy supply, real gross domestic product surpassed its pre-pandemic level for the first time. However, the Bundesbank’s experts believe that downward forces are likely to clearly predominate in the coming months. They still expect the German economy to enter a recession in the final quarter of 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, though the scale of the recession is extremely uncertain. “Double-digit inflation could even persist into the new year,” the report states.
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The Changing Landscape of Capital Flows: New Patterns, Actors and Regulatory Aspects Introductory remarks prepared for the Policy Panel at the Conference on “International Capital Flows and Financial Policies”
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Monetary Policy in a Changing Environment Keynote speech at the joint Banque de France-Bundesbank Research Conference "Monetary Policy Challenges"
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has defended the definition of price stability over the medium term as maintaining inflation rates of below, but close to, 2% in the euro area. He waded into the debate on setting a higher inflation target and warned of the impact that such a target could have on macroeconomic stability.
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Acquisition of financial assets and external financing in Germany in the second quarter of 2018 Results of the financial accounts by sector
At the end of the second quarter of 2018, the financial assets of households in Germany stood at €5,997 billion. Compared with the first quarter of 2018, this represents an increase of €80 billion or 1.4%. Investors continued to favour liquid investments as well as forms of investment that are perceived to be low risk – with inflows of €43 billion, currency and deposits saw the largest gains, and claims on insurance corporations also recorded significant inflows amounting to €18 billion.
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Acquisition of financial assets and external financing in Germany in the first quarter of 2018 Results of the financial accounts by sector
The financial assets of households in Germany stood at €5,875 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2018. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2017, this represents just a moderate increase of €14 billion, or 0.2%. In the first quarter, claims on insurance corporations grew in particular (€22 billion), followed by currency and deposits, which saw inflows totalling just under €15 billion.