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© Holger Peters/KfW BankengruppeMauderer: Take a good look at financial market signals
02.09.2019 DE
Bundesbank Executive Board member Sabine Mauderer counsels caution when interpreting market signals.
“They cannot be taken at face value, but should be treated as the raw material for monetary policy decisions,”
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© SusanneB / GettyimagesHouseholds’ real return in early 2019 now only marginally negative
19.08.2019 DE
Households’ real investment return recovered somewhat at the beginning of 2019, improving to a now only marginally negative rate of -0.1%. Viewed in isolation, historically low interest rates continued to depress income, but price gains in securities markets helped increase performance somewhat overall.
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© MasterfileMonthly Report: Industry and exports responsible for economic slowdown
Economic output in Germany dipped slightly in the second quarter of 2019. The Bundesbank’s current Monthly Report states that this was primarily due to ongoing weakness in export-oriented industry.
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© Nils ThiesGold agreement not being extended by central banks
26.07.2019 DE
The ECB and the 21 central banks that are signatories of the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement have decided not to extend the agreement. The first agreement was signed in 1999 with the aim of coordinating the gold sales planned by the central banks.
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© Bert BostelmannCounterfeit money in circulation back up slightly
In the first half of 2019, the Bundesbank recorded approximately 27,600 counterfeit euro banknotes with a nominal value of €1.6 million. Thus, although the incidence of counterfeiting was up compared to the second half of 2018, it is still low overall.
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© Dieter RoosenDistinct cooling of German economy
23.07.2019
Economic output in Germany is likely to have contracted slightly in the second quarter of 2019 compared with the beginning of the year. According to the current Monthly Report, this is due to the petering out of one-off effects, which had been major drivers of growth in the first quarter. In addition, the downturn in industry continued.
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© Xander Heinl/photothek.deSame risks, same rules
The emergence of new shadow sectors in the financial system through stablecoins must be prevented. This is what the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors have called for at their meeting in Chantilly, just outside of Paris.
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© picture alliance / Rolf HaidBIS: Monetary policy cannot be engine of economic growth
In its Annual Economic Report, the Bank for International Settlements calls for structural reforms, fiscal policy and macroprudential measures to play a greater role in ensuring sustainable growth. The report states that
“monetary policy cannot be the engine of economic growth”
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© GettyBaFin activated the countercyclical capital buffer
28.06.2019 DE
BaFin has issued a general administrative act regarding the domestic countercyclical capital buffer rate. The rate is to be raised from 0 percent to 0.25 percent as of 1 July 2019. This increase is a preventive measure intended to enhance the resilience of the banking system.
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© Bert BostelmannWuermeling supports stronger cooperation between EU financial centres
19.06.2019 DE
In view of Brexit and the associated market fragmentation, Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling has spoken out in favour of stronger cooperation between the financial centres of the EU. In addition, he called for more effort to be channelled into the creation of a digital infrastructure in Europe.