At the end of the first quarter of 2013, the financial assets of households rose by €52 billion, or 1.1%, on the previous quarter to just under €4,992 billion. The acquisition of financial assets was comparable to the first quarters of the previous years, with only a small percentage of this increase, around €5 billion, attributable to capital market gains.

The profitability of German credit institutions deteriorated in 2018, as the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report reveals in an analysis of the annual accounts of German banks. Profit for the financial year fell significantly compared to the previous year, down by 31% to €18.9 billion.

The Bundesbank expects the German economy to grow strongly again after a limited setback in the final quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021. According to current projections, real gross domestic product could pick up sharply in the following two years and reach its pre-crisis level again in early 2022. This is predicated on the pandemic containment measures being quickly loosened from spring 2021 and ultimately expiring altogether in the early months of 2022.

Deutsche Bundesbank together with the London School of Economics and Sustainable Macro organises a conference on net zero, nature risks and supply chain vulnerabilities. Please submit your papers.

Der Zentralbereich Zahlungsverkehr und Abwicklungssysteme hat eine Umfrage unter 14 ausgewählten Geschäftspartnern zum Thema „Veränderte Sicherheitennutzung und Collateral Scarcity“ durchgeführt. Aktuell zeigen sich keine Anzeichen einer generellen Knappheit, jedoch stellen viele der befragten Geschäftspartner einen signifikanten Bedarfsanstieg an hochqualitativen Sicherheiten fest.