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© Walter VorjohannFurther steps towards integration necessary prior to European deposit insurance scheme
According to the December edition of the Monthly Report, the Bundesbank believes that key preconditions for a European deposit insurance scheme are not yet met. For instance, it considers there to be a risk that a European deposit insurance scheme could be forced, indirectly, to shoulder other countries’ risks.
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© Frank RumpenhorstG20 deputies meet in Sanya
17.12.2015 DE
G20 finance ministers and central bank deputies met in Sanya, China, to discuss issues such as the 2016 agenda for the Chinese G20 Presidency, which began in early December. New initiatives in financial regulation were also a topic of discussion. Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret attended as the Bundesbank’s deputy.
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© Anna Lena MutterNagel: Anfa agreement ought to be published
Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Nagel has spoken out in favour of disclosing the contents of the Agreement on Net Financial Assets (Anfa). The agreement sets balance-sheet ceilings for financial non-monetary policy operations on the part of Eurosystem national central banks. In a two-part interview with the German business daily Börsen Zeitung, Dr Nagel commented that monetary financing of the public sector was to be prevented at all costs.
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© Alexander IwanBundesbank publishes inaugural environmental report
The Bundesbank has published its inaugural environmental report, which outlines its environmental guideline and discloses its greenhouse gas emissions.
"The Bundesbank aims to reduce its emissions by 25% by 2025,"
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Bundesbank projection: German economy picking up at an increasing pace
The Bundesbank sees the German economy as still being on a sound growth path. For 2017, it has, in fact, raised its earlier projection. According to Bundesbank President Weidmann, the cyclical tailwind is being sustained chiefly by the favourable labour market situation and substantial increases in households' real disposable income.
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© Alexandra KöhlerWeidmann: "Maintaining stability is a never-ending task"
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has called on central banks to keep the objective of price stability firmly in their sights. Speaking at an event held in honour of former Bundesbank President Karl-Otto Pöhl, he also warned that diminishing the independence of central banks could reduce welfare for society as a whole.
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© Harvey Tsoi / Getty ImagesTemporary fiscal space to fund refugee influx
26.11.2015 DE
The Bundesbank writes in its current Monthly Report that the German government budget surplus looks set to increase still further in the current year but be more or less entirely run down in 2016. Rising expenditure in connection with the influx of refugees is one of the rea-sons. This is where the benefits of maintaining a safety margin to the fiscal limits pay off, since they enable unexpected expenses to be quickly covered without leaving a hole in the budget.
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© Stefan KrutschFinancial Stability Review 2015
Persistently low interest rates pose risks to financial stability, warn Bundesbank Deputy President Claudia Buch and Executive Board member Andreas Dombret at the press conference to unveil the Bundesbank's 2015 Financial Stability Review. This, they caution, applies particularly to banks and insurers.
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© Maria LungwitzCountercyclical capital buffer: more capital to counter crises
25.11.2015 DE
The countercyclical capital buffer is designed to make banks more resilient and thus combat the threat of financial crises. A Bundesbank paper profiles this new instrument and explains how it makes banks provide for lean years during years of plenty.
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© Alexander IwanThe new €20 banknote is even more secure
24.11.2015 DE
The new €20 banknote provides for even greater security in cash payments. Its new security feature - a window in the hologram stripe - would be very difficult to forge, says Bundesbank Executive Board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele. The new banknote was launched on the 25th of November.