Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that a uniform set of rules is needed to regulate financial technology start-ups. "It would be wrong for fintechs to base their business models on regulatory loopholes," he said at a conference during Germany's G20 presidency. Federal Finance Minister Dr Wolfgang Schäuble and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands highlighted the opportunities that digitalisation holds in store for developing countries.

The German economy's underlying cyclical trend is fairly robust. According to the projection, this year's economic growth is being additionally boosted by purchasing power gains resulting from renewed falls in crude oil prices and from an expansionary fiscal policy.

Germany’s net external position stood at €1,771 billion at the end of 2017, thus amounting to around 54% of nominal gross domestic product.

Inflation in Germany has fluctuated strongly in the past eight years. The Bundesbank's economists have now examined the extent to which the Phillips curve model explains recent price developments. Import and energy prices have turned out to be particularly decisive.

Various specialised procedures are made available in the Bundesbank’s ExtraNet for the electronic submission of payment and stock reports in data record formats.