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Monthly report: Inflation rate in Germany could remain above 2% up to mid-2022
The Bundesbank assumes that inflation rates in Germany will continue to rise. Its experts write that, as things currently stand, inflation rates of between 4% and 5% will be possible at the end of the year. Inflation is then likely to stabilise again to a marked extent in early 2022, but could remain above 2% up to mid-2022.
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Research Centre publishes its 1,000th discussion paper
20.08.2021 DE
The Bundesbank’s Research Centre has published its 1,000th discussion paper. In this anniversary issue, economist Arne Halberstadt investigates how expert surveys can be used to model interest rate expectations.
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Joachim Wuermeling: “German banks are robust”
02.08.2021 DE
Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling says German banks proved to be robust in the EU-wide stress tests conducted by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB). “
They would consistently meet the high capital requirements, even in a severe economic crisis
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Counterfeits down by 13% in the first half of the year
23.07.2021 DE
In the first half of 2021, the Bundesbank recorded approximately 21,400 counterfeit euro banknotes with a nominal value of €1 million. This represents a decline of 13% compared with the second half of 2020. This is due to the coronavirus restrictions, said Bundesbank Executive Board member Johannes Beermann.
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Monthly Report: Digital risks on the rise in the banking sector
20.07.2021 DE
The digital transformation is increasingly putting German banks to the test. As this unfolds, it is important to not lose sight of security, particularly with banks becoming a growing target for professional hackers, the Bundesbank’s economists write in the latest issue of the Monthly Report. They warn that technology alone is not enough to stay ahead of digital risks.
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Robust recovery in the German economy
German economic activity likely grew strongly in the second quarter, largely offsetting the severe setback it suffered in the first quarter, the Bundesbank writes in its current Monthly Report. The services sector in particular contributed to the considerable recovery. Inflation is likely to rise as the year progresses.
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Eurosystem launches digital euro project
14.07.2021 DE
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided today to launch the investigation phase of a digital euro project. Following the decision, the President of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe joined the meeting, congratulated the Governing Council and expressed his full support for the project.
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Weidmann: New strategy will help monetary policy maintain price stability
09.07.2021 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann believes the new strategy will help monetary policy maintain price stability for the people of the euro area. “
A medium-term inflation rate of 2% is a clear and easily understandable objective. We are not striving for either lower or higher rates. That was important to me,
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No blueprint for reunification
07.07.2021 DE
On 1 July 1990, the Deutsche Mark was introduced in what was then still the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Exactly 31 years later, civil rights advocates Freya Klier and Richard Schröder, economist Reint Gropp and Bundesbank Executive Board member Johannes Beermann came together in a panel discussion to look back on that turning point and developments up to now.
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German Prize for Online Communication: Bundesbank wins bronze with IT presentation film
06.07.2021 DE
A presentation film produced by the Bundesbank caught the attention of IT professionals – and has now gone on to impress the jury panel for the financial sector category of the German Prize for Online Communication.