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Bundesbank presents open-air exhibition in Hamburg
05.03.2021 DE
The Bundesbank’s open-air exhibition on German monetary Union will be on show from 6 to 28 March 2021 in Hamburg.
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Bundesbank increases risk provisioning
03.03.2021 DE
The Bundesbank is not distributing a profit to the Federal Government for 2020 – for the first time since 1979. The main reason was the greater level of risk provisioning, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann explained at the press conference to present the annual accounts in Frankfurt am Main. In the previous year, the Bundesbank distributed a profit of €5.9 billion. On the whole, the emergency monetary policy measures taken in response to the coronavirus pandemic are having a noticeable impact on the Bundesbank’s balance sheet.
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Urban house price growth in Germany unabated
22.02.2021 DE
House prices in German towns and cities rose by 6¼ per cent on the year in 2020. Growth was consequently just as strong as in 2019.
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Economic recovery stalled at end of year
The economic recovery in Germany was brought to a standstill in the final quarter of 2020, the Bundesbank writes in its latest Monthly Report, stating that this was due to resurgent infection rates and the tightening of containment measures. Economic activity was consequently still almost 4% down on the pre-crisis level of the fourth quarter of 2019.
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Monthly Report: Consumer prices rising more strongly than expected
Consumer prices in Germany were up sharply at the start of the year, partly because households’ consumption behaviour has changed in certain areas during the coronavirus pandemic, as shown by an analysis in the current issue of the Monthly Report.
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Weidmann: All of us should do more to combat climate change
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann believes all institutions have a duty to ask themselves how they can contribute to combating climate change within the framework of their mandate. “
I am convinced that we all can do more to mitigate climate change, without risking conflict with our very own tasks. And we should do more
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More counterfeit €10 and €20 banknotes in circulation
22.01.2021 DE
The Bundesbank registered approximately 58,800 counterfeit euro banknotes in 2020 with a nominal value of €2.9 million, with mostly €10 and €20 banknotes being counterfeited.
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Labour productivity in the euro area growing at a much slower pace
Growth in labour productivity in the euro area has slowed significantly over the past 20 years. This was not least due to structural factors, the Bundesbank explains in its current Monthly Report. In addition to enterprises’ diminishing ability to innovate and adapt, demographic change could also have a negative impact on labour productivity, according to the experts.
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Germany’s economic output down significantly in 2020
According to the current issue of the Monthly Report, in the final quarter of 2020 Germany's economic recovery was throttled by the higher infection rates and considerably stricter measures introduced again to contain the pandemic. However, in the experts’ assessment, the tighter restrictions have not led to any major setback; instead, real gross domestic product is likely to have more or less stagnated. The pandemic left a deep mark on German economic output in 2020 as a whole.
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Rise in households’ financial assets
15.01.2021 DE
The financial assets of households in Germany increased by €108 billion in the third quarter of 2020 and now amount to roughly €6.7 trillion. This rise was due to a high propensity to save and the positive developments on the capital markets towards the end of the period.