Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has once again advocated making a timely start on normalising policy rates in the euro area. “When net asset purchases come to an end – possibly in June – I see the time for an initial interest rate hike soon afterwards – possibly in July – as having come,” Mr Nagel said at the press conference for the G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors at the Petersberg, near Bonn. He added that they could soon be followed by further interest rate moves.

Machine learning, artificial intelligence and the digital euro – at the BaFinTech industry meeting, Bundesbank Executive Board members Joachim Wuermeling and Burkhard Balz spoke about the opportunities and risks of the digitalisation of banking business and central bank digital currency. The BaFinTech format was aimed at the financial industry.

Following an agreement reached between the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Bundesbank, the German Banking Industry Committee and the National Bank of Ukraine, refugees who have fled the war in Ukraine can exchange hryvnia banknotes into euro in Germany from 24 May 2022. 

Біженці, які врятувалися від бойових дій в Україні, з 24 травня 2022 року можуть у Німеччині обміняти гривню у банкнотах на євро. Про це повідомляють Федеральне міністерство фінансів, банк Deutsche Bundesbank і Комітет банківської галузі Німеччини разом з Національним банком України. 

On 13 and 14 May, the Bundesbank invited motivated young people to its fourth Euro20+ event, held in Frankfurt am Main, where they discussed key economic and societal issues. The highlight of the event was the two town hall meetings with Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and Banco de España Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos.

Our historical archives contain sources which give an exact account of gold swap transactions with the central bank of the United States – the Fed. The sources show how the Bundesbank’s quality control procedures and its stringent requirements regarding the composition of its gold made an accurate settlement of accounts possible.

The so-called Blessing letter, dated 30 March 1967, forms part of the correspondence between the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank at the time, Karl Blessing, and the then Chairman of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, William Martin. Blessing addresses US concerns that the Bundesbank might convert US dollars into gold on a massive scale.

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has once again advocated making a timely start on normalising policy rates in the euro area. The risk of acting too late is increasing notably, he said at a conference in Eltville am Rhein. “As inflation in the euro area continues to run high, we need to act,” Mr Nagel urged. “And if both the incoming data and our new projection confirm this view in June, I will advocate a first step [towards] normalising ECB (European Central Bank) interest rates in July.”

Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel has spoken out in favour of not waiting too much longer to proceed with the next steps towards a normalisation of monetary policy. “The era of negative interest rates should come to an end soon,” stated Mr Nagel, speaking at an event organised by the German daily newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, euro area enterprises and households have not seen their debt situation deteriorate significantly. This is the conclusion reached by Bundesbank experts after examining developments in greater detail. “The expected normalisation of monetary policy will probably not unduly exacerbate the debt situation of non-financial corporations and households,” they also note in the current edition of the Bank’s Monthly Report