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© Bert BostelmannWeidmann: High current account surpluses reflect accommodative monetary policy
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has sounded a warning against attaching too much importance to Germany’s high current account surplus. At a conference in Frankfurt am Main hosted jointly by the Bundesbank and the International Monetary Fund, he explained that it was partly a reflection of the very accommodative monetary policy in the euro area.
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© Gaby GersterWeidmann: Set a clear end-date for asset purchases
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says the Eurosystem’s asset purchase programme should be discontinued this year if growth in consumer price inflation remains upbeat. Speaking to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, he said he is confident that the Eurosystem is on a path towards its target inflation rate of below, but close to, 2%.
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© MasterfileGerman economy grew strongly in 2017
12.01.2018 DE
Initial calculations by the Federal Statistical Office indicate that price-adjusted gross domestic product in Germany rose by 2.2% last year. The strong growth on the demand side was broadly based and was supported by both external and domestic stimuli. In 2017, employment reached its highest level since German reunification.
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© René ZimmerWeidmann: Strengthen national responsibility in monetary union
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has cautioned against increasing mutual liability in the euro area and thus weakening the principle of individual national responsibility. Addressing an audience in Frankfurt am Main, Mr Weidmann said that while the fiscal rescue measures had prevented the crisis from escalating, they had not made the euro area permanently crisis-proof.
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© Monty Rakusen / Getty ImagesBundesbank projection: Strong German economic upswing continues
15.12.2017 DE
The Bundesbank's current projection forecasts strong growth in the German economy in 2017 and 2018, with calendar-adjusted expansion rates of 2.6% and 2.5% respectively. The Bank's experts are expecting lower growth rates thereafter.
"The further growth potential is being constrained, above all, by strong capacity utilisation and, in particular, labour shortages,"
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EBA publishes standardised NPL data templates
14.12.2017 DE
The Deutsche Bundesbank welcomes today’s publication of NPL data templates by the European Banking Authority (EBA). The templates will create the foundation for NPL transactions across the EU.
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© Guy Vanderelst / Getty ImagesBasel III reform: "a major lesson from the financial crisis has been learned"
12.12.2017 DE
The Bundesbank and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) have welcomed the endorsement of the Basel III reform package, which will see new capital adequacy rules for banks come into force in 2022, with phase-in arrangements lasting until the end of 2026. Commenting on the reform, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says a major lesson has been learned from the financial crisis.
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© Nils ThiesSustainable investment doesn't mean lower returns
Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling says that sustainability standards need to be developed for the investment of public funds in Germany. There is, he argued at the Bundesbank’s inaugural Portfolio Day in Frankfurt am Main, a sound economic rationale for investing sustainably:
"It’s not a ‘green cherry on the cake’ for those who can afford it."
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© Uwe DettmarTharman Shanmugaratnam: "Market fundamentalism has failed"
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, advocated strengthening inclusive growth. Leaving everything to the markets has failed, he said in a lecture held at the invitation of the Bundesbank at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.
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Germany hands over G20 presidency to Argentina
On 1 December, Germany handed presidency of the G20 over to Argentina. The priorities of Argentina’s presidency in the Finance track will be "The future of work" and "Infrastructure for development".