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© Nils ThiesBundesbank 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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© Gaby GersterSabine 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
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© Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)Federal Statistical Office: German GDP falls by 0.3% in 2023
15.01.2024 DE
According to preliminary calculations by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), price-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023 was 0.3% lower than a year earlier. The calendar-adjusted decline in economic output was 0.1%. According to Destatis, high prices at all stages of the economy dampened economic activity. This was joined by unfavourable financing conditions due to rising interest rates and lower demand from Germany and abroad.
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© Robert Metsch / ECBECB to apply new capital key from 1 January
03.01.2024 DE
As from the start of 2024, the national central banks of European Union (EU) Member States will see their respective share in the capital of the European Central Bank (ECB) change. This key determines what percentage share a national central bank must subscribe to the ECB’s capital of around €10.8 billion in total.
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The euro turns 25
01.01.2024 DE
On 1 January 1999, the euro was introduced as book money. Three years later, people in Germany and eleven other European countries got their hands on euro banknotes and coins for the first time. Today, twenty-five years later, the euro is legal tender in twenty countries and has become an indispensable part of Europeans’ everyday lives.
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© monsitj / Adobe StockBitcoin and co.: how crypto-assets are regulated
18.12.2023 DE
How are Bitcoin and co. regulated? The latest issue of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report provides information on the challenges involved in regulating crypto-assets and presents the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and the international Basel standard governing the treatment of banks’ crypto-asset exposures.
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© Parilov / AdobeStockBundesbank’s Forecast for Germany: Falling inflation, but not yet time to sound the all-clear
15.12.2023 DE
The Bundesbank sees the German economy continuing to grow in the coming months, albeit with a time lag.
As from the beginning of 2024, the German economy is likely to return to an expansion path and gradually pick up speed,
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© Frank RumpenhorstEconomics professor Weder di Mauro visits the Bundesbank
07.12.2023 DE
As part of the Bundesbank Invited Speakers Series, Beatrice Weder di Mauro held a talk entitled “Still too big to fail? The need for reform after the demise of Credit Suisse”. She was invited by the Bundesbank’s Research Centre, whose director, Falko Fecht, hosted the proceedings.
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© European CentralbankECB selects potential themes for future euro banknotes
30.11.2023 DE
The ECB Governing Council has selected “European culture” and “Rivers and birds” as potential themes for future euro banknotes. This decision was influenced by a wide-ranging survey: all Europeans had the opportunity to vote on potential themes for the new euro banknotes in the summer of this year. A decision on the final design of the new banknotes is expected in 2026.
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© Alexander HabermehlEuro20+ – it’s a wrap
27.11.2023 DE
On 24 and 25 November, the Bundesbank held its fifth Euro20+ event in Frankfurt am Main, inviting young people between the ages of 18 and 30 to discuss key economic policy and social issues with ECB President Christine Lagarde and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel, amongst other guests.