Ingrid Herden, who will be joining the Bundesbank in June, will be taking over as Director General Communications and the President’s spokesperson on 1 October 2022 from Michael Best, who is leaving the Bundesbank at the end of September after 11 years of service.
 

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann used a "town hall"-type meeting with readers of the Rheinische Post newspaper in Düsseldorf to warn of the dangers of leaving monetary policy in accommodative mode for longer than absolutely necessary. "We have to call time on the phase of low rates as soon as price stability allows it," Mr Weidmann explained.

Beim diesjährigen Jahresempfang der Bundes­bank­haupt­verwaltung in Nordrhein-Westfalen sprachen Ministerpräsidentin Hannelore Kraft und Bundesbankvorstand Carl-Ludwig Thiele vor rund 200 Gästen aus Politik und Wirtschaft. Beide hoben in ihren Reden die Bedeutung von soliden Staatsfinanzen hervor.

According to the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report, the rise in financing costs and high inflation had a strong impact on the German housing market. Prices for residential real estate continued to rise up until the middle of 2022, but in the second half of the year fell quite significantly for the first time in a long time. By contrast, price pressures came from the massive increase in construction prices and the slow pace of the expansion of housing supply. Residential real estate in Germany continued to be overvalued on an annual average overall.