From the point of view of Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, there is no need to loosen the accommodative monetary policy any further. In remarks delivered at the third cash symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank, he noted that, instead, the forces of growth in the euro area needed to be strengthened and that the measures already introduced should be given time to unleash their impact.

At the Bundesbank’s Spring Conference with the title “Monetary, financial and fiscal stability” Jens Weidmann stressed the need for a better understanding of the interplay of different policy areas to achieve and maintain macroeconomic stability.

Bundesbankvorstand Andreas Dombret hat sich bei einer Veranstaltung in Berlin dafür ausgesprochen, die Verhältnismäßigkeit der Regulierungsreformen insbesondere mit Blick auf kleinere Institute zu wahren. Allerdings würde zu oft die Verhältnismäßigkeitsdebatte dazu benutzt, um Generalkritik an der Bankenregulierung politisch korrekt zu verpacken, so Dombret weiter.

In a speech he gave in Frankfurt am Main, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann stated that it was indeed appropriate to make the regulation of the banking sector more stringent as a lesson learned from the financial crisis. However, he added that a further tightening (Basel IV) was not on the agenda. He also refuted the accusation that Germany was saving too much and investing too little.