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© Frank RumpenhorstResearch project on the history of the Bundesbank and its predecessors
A team of historians will be undertaking a comprehensive exploration of the history of the Reichsbank, the Bank deutscher Länder and the Bundesbank during the period from 1923 to 1969. In carrying out their work, they will not be bound by guidelines on the project’s content or any other instructions from the Bundesbank.
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© F. Brunet / Deutsche Botschaft ParisWeidmann: Clear end date to net purchases would have been appropriate
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has outlined his position on the ECB Governing Council’s most recent monetary policy decisions, which involve cuts to the monthly volume of asset purchases but offer no guidance as to when the purchases will finally be discontinued.
"From my point of view, a clear end date to net purchases would have been appropriate,"
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© Vinayah / GK MumbaiNew Bundesbank representative in Mumbai
Henceforth, the Bundesbank will be represented in India by Peter Kern. Mr Kern takes over from Alexander Sattler who previously occupied this position at Germany's Consulate General in Mumbai.
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© European Central BankECB Governing Council decides to cut monthly pace of asset purchases
On 26 October 2017, the ECB Governing Council made the decision to halve monthly Eurosystem asset purchases to €30 billion from January 2018, with asset purchases to continue at this pace until at least September 2018.
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© Walter VorjohannNew money market statistical reporting to strengthen Eurosystem’s analytical capacity
The Bundesbank has rolled out the initial results for Germany from the Eurosystem’s new money market statistical reporting (MMSR) dataset. In the current issue of the Monthly Report, its experts write that these statistics provide central banks with a considerably improved basis for a targeted design of the monetary policy toolkit.
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© Bernd Wüstneck / dpaGermany’s strong economic upswing set to continue
The Bundesbank believes that, in the third quarter of 2017, Germany’s economy may well have maintained the brisk pace of growth seen in the first six months of the year. According to the current issue of its Monthly Report, the industrial sector, still driven by buoyant export demand, is an important factor behind the strong economic activity.
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© Bert BostelmannThe Bundesbank presents film awards at the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Bundesbank presents film awards at the Frankfurt Book Fair The Deutsche Bundesbank presented awards to the winners of its video competition at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The competition focused on the question:
"What does stability mean for you?"
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© Tim WegnerWeidmann: Take advantage of upswing to push ahead with reforms
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out in favour of taking advantage of the good global economic outlook to implement reforms. It is now vital to
"push ahead with structural reforms that put national economies on a path of sustainable, higher growth,"
he said at a joint press conference with Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC. -
© Gaby GersterWeidmann: Low interest rates won't go on indefinitely
Euro area central banks
"can't take any consideration of government financing burdens"
when normalising monetary policy, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says."If price pressures rise, then we have to tighten our monetary policy,"
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© Frank RumpenhorstDombret: do not underestimate climate risks for the financial sector
Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret has warned financial institutions against underestimating climate risks. The financial sector is being increasingly affected by the rising costs resulting from extreme weather events, as well as by far-reaching changes in climate policy, he said in a speech in Singapore.