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© Monty Rakusen / Getty ImagesWeak start to the third quarter for the German economy
17.09.2018 DE
The German economy made a weak start to the third quarter following fairly robust growth in the spring. According to the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report, this was mainly due to a substantial fall in production by car manufacturers. However, the Monthly Report points out that the German economic upswing is essentially intact.
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© Walter VorjohannLow interest rate environment continues to take toll on German banks’ profits
17.09.2018 DE
The protracted period of low interest rates continued to take its toll on German banks’ profits last year, as the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report reveals in an analysis of the annual financial statements of German banks. Driven by a considerable decline in net interest income, aggregate operating income for all German banks fell by 3.8% to €123.1 billion.
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© Gregor Schuster / Getty ImagesMore card payments in Germany
14.09.2018 DE
Digital payments are on the rise in Germany. In 2017, more than 21 billion cashless payments were made in Germany. There was an especially large increase in the number of card payments.
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Bundesbank welcomes new Executive Board members
Sabine Mauderer and Burkhard Balz took up office as members of the Executive Board of the Bundesbank on 1 September. Ms. Mauderer and Mr. Balz, both lawyers by training, are succeeding Carl-Ludwig Thiele and Andreas Dombret, who stepped down from the Executive Board at the end of April 2018.
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© Niklas Gaus/Eucken InstituteSilvana Tenreyro awarded the Carl Menger Prize
This year saw the Carl Menger Prize for Economics awarded to economist Silvana Tenreyro. Achim Wambach presented her with the award, which comes with prize money of €20,000, at the annual meeting of the German Economic Association in Freiburg.
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© Michael ZapfWeidmann: Digitalisation arguably still barely affecting inflation
03.09.2018 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann sees digitalisation as a development that could potentially influence the path of productivity, employment and inflation. Its impact could go in different directions, however, and this needs to be borne in mind when considering its possible repercussions for the room for monetary policy manoeuvre, he argued in a speech at the annual meeting of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) in Freiburg.
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© Bert BostelmannThousands visit the Money Museum’s stand at the Museum Embankment Festival
27.08.2018 DE
The Bundesbank’s Money Museum stand at the Embankment Festival in Frankfurt am Main attracted around 16,500 visitors. Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann himself visited the stand and took the opportunity to strike a souvenir coin.
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© Picture Alliance / Image BrokerThe German economic boom continues
20.08.2018 DE
After the year got off to a moderate start, the German economy rebounded quite strongly in the second quarter of 2018. The Bundesbank believes that the German economy is likely to remain on a sound growth path in the current quarter. However, as is explained further in the August issue of the Monthly Report, the pace of growth could tail off slightly.
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© Walter VorjohannReale Portfoliorendite privater Haushalte zu Jahresbeginn negativ
Historisch niedrige Zinsen auf Bankguthaben, fallende Wertpapierrenditen und eine Inflationsrate von etwa 2 Prozent lassen die reale Gesamtrendite der privaten Haushalte in Deutschland erstmals seit sechs Jahren wieder in den negativen Bereich sinken. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt die Bundesbank in ihrem aktuellen Monatsbericht. Dennoch ist das private Geldvermögen in Deutschland nicht geschrumpft, weil die Sparer weiterhin einen aktiven Vermögensaufbau betrieben haben.
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© dpaGerman economy remains on growth path
14.08.2018 DE
The German economy continued to expand at an above-average rate in the second quarter of 2018. According to provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office, gross domestic product rose by 0.5% on the quarter after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations.