Guest contributions by the members of the Executive Board
Here you find contributions by the members of the Executive Board.
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Stable banks don’t come free of charge Guest contribution from Joachim Wuermeling published in FOCUS
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Parallel currencies beyond financial oversight – do Bitcoin and Libra have a future? Guest Contribution from Burkhard Balz and Jan Paulick published in „ifo Schnelldienst"
Private payment media and the role of central banks in the digital age.
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Happy birthday, dear Pfandbrief: has this veteran instrument had its day? Guest contribution published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Ein Projekt mit disruptivem Anspruch Gastbeitrag in „Profil – das bayerische Genossenschaftsblatt“
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Setting a good example – central banks put climate change and its impact higher on the agenda Guest contribution from Sabine Mauderer and Sylvie Goulard published in Les Echos and the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Writing in a joint op-ed piece, Sabine Mauderer, Bundesbank Executive Board member, and Sylvie Goulard, Second Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, point out that global warming is a source of significant financial risk and can jeopardise the stability of the entire financial system. This, they explain, is why central banks have been looking more closely at the impact of climate change.
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Towards a genuine capital markets union Guest contribution from F. Villeroy de Galhau and J. Weidmann published in Les Echos and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann and the President of Banque de France, François Villeroy de Galhau, are putting all their weight behind the completion of a capital markets union within the EU. In a joint statement, they write that the capital markets union
“can promote growth and stability for the EU as a whole."
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Create a single set of rules for banks Opinion editorial for Les Echos published
An international set of rules is important to us, and it should impose high capital requirements for high risks and less stringent requirements for lower risks.
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Strengthening the financial system’s defences Guest contribution from Prof Dr Claudia Buch published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Strong commitment to a stable euro, both now and in the future Guest contribution published in the Börsen-Zeitung
In the 1980s and 1990s, many countries began to approximate the Bundesbank model, making their central banks more independent and focusing on the goal of price stability. The highlight of these developments was undoubtedly the foundation of the European Central Bank (ECB), which was modelled on the Bundesbank.
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Wie die Banken trotz Niedrigzinsen überleben können Gastbeitrag in der Wirtschaftswoche
Die niedrigen Zinsen setzen Banken und Sparkassen unter Druck. Damit steigt die Gefahr, dass sie einen Ausweg in risikoreichen Krediten suchen.