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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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Fiscal policy challenges in a high inflation environment Forum Finanzpolitik und Steuerrecht
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QE in the future: the central bank's balance sheet in a fiscal crisis Ricardo Reis
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Bundesbank advises against higher inflation target
20.06.2018 DE
The current June Bundesbank Monthly Report contains an article on the debate about raising the inflation target. Those in favour of this argue that a higher target rate of price increase would provide central banks with more room for manoeuvre for monetary policy countermeasures in times of crisis. The Bundesbank’s economists contend that the negative implications of a higher inflation target are largely being ignored in this debate.
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Keynote speech Speech at the joint IMF-BBk conference "Germany – Current Economic Policy Debates"
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Financial stability and monetary policy: from low-for-long to the new normal Keynote Konstanzer Seminar
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Cap and Trade versus tradable performance standard: A comparison for Europe and China Discussion paper 02/2025: Peter Burgold, Anne Ernst, Natascha Hinterlang, Marius Jäger, Nikolai Stähler
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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.