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Weidmann: Enhance transparency of climate-related financial risks
07.06.2021 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that climate-related financial disclosures should be mandatory. “The Eurosystem has a legitimate interest in making climate-related risks more transparent,” he said in a speech at the Green Swan 2021 Global Virtual Conference.
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G-FSC annual report: German financial system stable so far in the crisis
01.06.2021
The German Financial Stability Committee (G-FSC) has presented its eighth report on financial stability in Germany to the German Bundestag. Its report focuses on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the German financial system.
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Weidmann: Debt brake is not an impediment to forward-looking investment
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann refuted the harsh criticism directed at the debt brake by some. In a speech delivered in honour of the 70th anniversary of the German Economic Institute, he said that it was “
not an impediment to forward-looking investment and a modern state
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Bundesbank expects economic output to rise
German economic output could grow again significantly in the second quarter of 2021, according to the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report. Rapid progress in the vaccination campaign opens the prospect of a considerable loosening of containment measures in the coming months. GDP could then exceed its pre-crisis level as early as the fourth quarter.
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Funding through bond issuance in the German capital market hit record levels in the crisis year of 2020
20.05.2021 DE
Issuance in the German capital market in 2020, which was marked by the economic repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic, reached a new record high of €1.74 trillion.
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Greater efforts to protect the climate are urgently needed
05.05.2021 DE
Jens Weidmann's reply to an open letter from climate activists
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Weidmann: Monetary policy should not have distributive aims
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann believes that central banks should not employ monetary policy to pursue distributive aims. “
Not only do we lack the democratic legitimacy to do so, the vagueness of the effects also renders monetary policy ill-suited for targeted interventions to tackle distributional issues,
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Firms do not expect inflation rate to rise
Shortly before the second lockdown in October 2020, firms in Germany expected an inflation rate of 1.5 percent over the next 12 months. For the past 12 months, they likewise estimated an inflation rate of 1.5 percent, a Bundesbank survey shows. “
This suggests that enterprises’ inflation expectations were firmly anchored, despite the economic slump
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Monthly Report: digital money a source of both opportunities and risks
21.04.2021 DE
What are the requirements that a digital euro needs to meet? This is a question explored in the latest edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report. After outlining the opportunities and risks presented by digital money, the Bank’s experts conclude that any solutions will need to be well-designed, secure and convenient.
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German economic output down
Economic output in Germany declined in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report. Many services sectors suffered larger losses than in the previous quarter due to containment measures being tightened and prolonged. In addition, the upturn in industrial output was not sustained in the first two months.