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Farewell of Claudia Buch and Joachim Wuermeling from the Bundesbank’s Executive Board
22.03.2024 DE
Speaking at a symposium, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said an official farewell to Claudia Buch and Joachim Wuermeling, both of whom had left the Executive Board on 31 December 2023. Claudia Buch had been Vice-President of the Bundesbank since 2014 and Joachim Wuermeling had been an Executive Board member since 2016.
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German economy’s recovery is stalling
21.03.2024 DE
Real gross domestic product will probably decline again slightly in the first quarter of 2024, according to the March Monthly Report. The economy continues to experience headwinds from various directions. Domestic and foreign demand for German industrial products went down further. In addition, higher financing costs dampened domestic demand. Moreover, the available survey indicators still provide little evidence of an economic recovery for the coming quarter.
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Bundesbank study: euro area business dynamism on the decline
19.03.2024 DE
Recent decades have seen the rate of firm entries and exits decline in the large euro area countries. This could explain the persistent weakness of euro area productivity. As shown in the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report, there are cyclical and structural reasons for the weak business dynamism – including demographic change and high levels of bureaucracy. The Bundesbank’s experts demonstrate that improving institutional and regulatory frameworks can help strengthen business dynamics and thus also productivity growth.
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Financial buffers enable Bundesbank to achieve balanced financial result
23.02.2024 DE
Last year, the Bundesbank’s annual accounts were shaped by the increase in the key interest rates. For the 2023 financial year, the Bundesbank reports a balanced financial result because it was able to use its financial buffers to cushion burdens in the double-digit billions. To this end, the Bundesbank released its risk provisions in full and reduced its reserves.
We expect the burdens to be considerable again for the current year. They are likely to exceed the remaining reserves
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House prices fell significantly in 2023; more pressure on rents
20.02.2024 DE
House prices in Germany fell significantly in 2023, according to the Bundesbank’s current Monthly Report. Residential properties were no longer affordable for many people owing to high inflation and increased interest rates. Demand for housing declined, increasingly shifting to the rental market,
and the already high inflation in rents saw a significant further acceleration,
the economists write. Overvaluations in the real estate market came down in 2023, but were not fully eliminated. The authors therefore believe that there is still a certain risk of price corrections. -
Period of weakness in the German economy could continue
19.02.2024 DE
German economic output contracted in the final quarter of 2023, according to the February Monthly Report. Weak demand from abroad was still putting a strain on industry, while higher financing costs continued to dampen investment. Bundesbank economists believe that uncertainty about transformation and climate policy is also likely to have weighed on economic activity. Some headwinds will probably persist into the first quarter of 2024 as well. Economic output could therefore decline again somewhat.
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German economy currently weaker than expected
26.01.2024 DE
German economic output probably declined somewhat in the final quarter of 2023, according to the January Monthly Report. Weak foreign demand continued to put a strain on industry and higher financing costs were still dampening investment. Uncertainty about the future direction of fiscal and climate policy is also likely to have weighed on economic activity, Bundesbank economists report. Moreover, consumers remained cautious and are unlikely to have increased their consumption by much.
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Economic risks from Germany’s ties with China
24.01.2024 DE
The People’s Republic of China currently has severe economic problems to contend with. On top of that, relations between advanced economies in the West and China have worsened noticeably of late. These developments also present considerable risks for Germany. “If these risks materialise, Germany’s economy could take a huge hit,” the Bundesbank writes in an article in its January Monthly Report. The article explores Germany’s dependence on China, and is the first to also focus on potential risks to the financial system.
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Bundesbank study: The future of cash use
17.01.2024 DE
A recent Bundesbank study looks at how cash will be used in the future. It outlines three different scenarios for cash payments in 2037. “The idea of the future scenarios is to help set the right course so that cash remains generally available and accepted as an attractive means of payment and store of value going forward,” explained Burkhard Balz as he introduced the study.
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Sabine Mauderer takes office as NGFS Chair
16.01.2024 DE
The turn of the year saw Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer take office as Chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a global group of central banks and supervisory authorities committed to forging a more sustainable financial system. The NGFS’s mission is to analyse what climate change and nature loss mean for the financial system