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© scyther5 / iStockPromote a European solution for universal payment services
Writing in its latest Monthly Report, the Bundesbank identifies a need to press ahead with the development of universal Europe-wide payment methods, ideally based on real-time (instant) payments. The challenge for European payment service providers, the Bank’s experts write, is to create effective pan-European payment solutions as an alternative to those offered by their increasingly successful global rivals.
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© Frank RumpenhorstMauderer: Recognising sustainability factors in own portfolio management
13.06.2019 DE
The Bundesbank is exploring ways of integrating sustainability criteria into the portfolios it manages. “Central banks play a key role in Green Finance,” said Ms Mauderer during a speech in Frankfurt.
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© Robert Metsch / ECBMonetary policy decisions by the ECB Governing Council
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank has decided to leave policy rates unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.40%. Key ECB interest rates are to remain at their present levels at least through the first half of 2020, and in any case for as long as necessary, ECB President Mario Draghi explained.
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© Michael Haul / Getty ImagesBundesbank projection: moderate growth for the German economy
According to the Bundesbank’s current projection, economic activity in Germany will experience a marked slowdown. This is primarily due to the ongoing downturn in industry, which is suffering from weak growth in exports. However, the experts at the Bundesbank do not currently expect a significant, more persistent decline in economic output.
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© Frank RumpenhorstJens Weidmann sceptical about central bank digital currency
31.05.2019 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has drawn attention to the dangers of issuing digital central bank money, and urged caution. “Any introduction of central bank digital currencies needs to be carefully considered,” he commented at this year’s Bundesbank Payments Symposium in Frankfurt am Main.
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© Nils ThiesNew €100 and €200 banknotes in circulation
The Bundesbank began issuing the new €100 and €200 banknotes on 28 May. They both incorporate two new and innovative security features, making them even more difficult to counterfeit, says Johannes Beermann, the Bundesbank’s Executive Board member responsible for cash management. The Europa series is thus complete.
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© Dieter RoosenCar sales under pressure worldwide
21.05.2019 DE
Last year saw a worldwide fall in sales of passenger cars. According to the Bundesbank, a further decline seems likely for the current year. The Bundesbank Monthly Report for May states that this is due mainly to special developments regionally.
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© picture alliance / Jochen EckelDistinct growth in German economy in winter
The German economy got off to a good start in 2019. Real gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2019 was up 0.4% on the quarter. However, one-off effects played an important role in this, as revealed by the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report.
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© Peter HimselWeidmann: No evidence that non-standard monetary policy measures have increased distributional inequality
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says that non-standard monetary policy measures can have a variety of effects on income and wealth distribution. “Much like conventional interest rate policy, the non-standard measures are more likely to have reduced income inequality,” he said in a speech in Hamburg.
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© Frank RumpenhorstBalz: build confidence in blockchain networks
10.05.2019 DE
Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkhard Balz says that more needs to be done to build confidence in blockchain networks. Permissioned networks might be one way forward, he explained at an event in Frankfurt am Main.