House prices in Germany fell significantly in 2023, according to the Bundesbank’s current Monthly Report. Residential properties were no longer affordable for many people owing to high inflation and increased interest rates. Demand for housing declined, increasingly shifting to the rental market, and the already high inflation in rents saw a significant further acceleration, the economists write. Overvaluations in the real estate market came down in 2023, but were not fully eliminated. The authors therefore believe that there is still a certain risk of price corrections.

For 20 years now, euro banknotes and coins have been part of the everyday lives of people in Germany and the euro area. To mark the anniversary, the Bundesbank met both with interested members of the public and with expert audiences on various occasions in 2022. The programme culminated in an anniversary ceremony at the end of the year.

Der Präsident der Deutschen Bundesbank hat nach Beratung im Vorstand beschlossen, folgende Präsidenten der Hauptverwaltung zu ernennen: Herr Werner Ehlers (Hauptverwaltung Hannover), Frau Adelheid Sailer-Schuster (Hauptverwaltung Hamburg), Herr Alois Müller (Hauptverwaltung München), Herr Norbert Matysik (Hauptverwaltung Düsseldorf)