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© picture alliance / dpaUnderstanding inflation
Consumer prices have hardly increased and have even fallen at times of late. A key reason for this is the strong decline in the oil price, making fuel and heating distinctly cheaper for consumers. For monetary policy makers, this is a clear sign to look at inflation more closely.
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© Robert Metsch / ECBMonthly Report: The role of ANFA in implementing monetary policy
The Agreement on Net Financial Assets (ANFA) regulates the leeway that the euro-area central banks have for operations conducted on their own responsibility and liability.
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© Uwe DettmarLagarde: Coordinated efforts imperative for sustainable crisis resolution
In a speech on 5 April 2016 Christine Lagarde called for a
"three-pronged approach"
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© Gaby Gerster"Monetary policy has ventured deep into uncharted territory"
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann takes a critical view of the ECB Governing Council's latest monetary policy easing.
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© Rob Chatterson / CorbisInequality in wealth still relatively pronounced in Germany
21.03.2016 DE
The study "Panel on household finances" (PHF) reveals that low nominal interest rates and the rise in property prices and share prices appear not to have changed German households' investment behaviour between 2010 and 2014. According to the Bundesbank's March Monthly Report, wealth in Germany is still relatively unevenly distributed in comparison with other euro-area countries.
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© Bernd Wüstneck / dpa2016 kicks off with solid economic growth
21.03.2016 DE
The German economy got off to a lively start to 2016, according to the Bundesbank's March Monthly Report. The Bank's economists believe that growth in the first quarter of 2016 should be at least as strong as in the second half of 2015.
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© Wang XiaoxinBundesbank and South African Reserve Bank to work more closely going forward
03.03.2016 DE
The Deutsche Bundesbank and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have pledged to intensify their dialogue in an agreement signed on the fringes of the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Shanghai at the end of February.
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© Frank RumpenhorstBundesbank posts €3.2 billion profit in 2015
An improved net result of financial operations, write-downs and risk provisioning caused a slight increase in the Bundesbank's profit in 2015. At the same time, the Bundesbank's net interest income was lower than at any time since monetary union was launched.
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© Wilfried Krecichwost / Getty ImagesReal estate markets: lending is not heightening risk
Loans for house purchase are experiencing a marked upswing in Germany. Bundesbank analyses and a Eurosystem survey of banks both show that this credit growth is being driven by greater demand. Fears that the increase could have been precipitated by looser credit standards therefore have not solidified.
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© picture alliance / dpaDomestic economy ensuring solid economic growth
According to the Bundesbank's latest Monthly Report, growth in the German economy in the second half of 2015 was characterised by buoyant domestic demand. No demand impulses were emanating from outside the euro area, however.