Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has voiced concerns over the continued ultra-loose monetary policy in the Eurosystem. The longer policy remains highly accommodative, the more the attendant risks and side-effects will come into play, he told the Tagesspiegel newspaper. The key to resolving the euro-area crisis, he said, lies with politicians, not with central banks.

The Bundesbank says that the euro area's common framework for supervising its most important credit institutions (SSM) has got off to a flying start. "But there are still some aspects we can improve upon," Executive Board member Andreas Dombret noted in comments marking the SSM's first anniversary.

It is still worth saving with nominal rates so low, according to a Bundesbank survey into household saving and investment behaviour. Looking at bank deposits as well as other forms of investment, the total return on a typical portfolio is not exceptionally low overall.

Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret believes that banks should embrace digital change to create business models that will give the banking industry greater long-term stability. These models should unfailingly be centred on customers’ needs.

Bernhard Vogel has taken over responsibility for the Bundesbank's Representative Office in Istanbul. Mr Vogel was welcomed by Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret at a reception at the German Consulate General.

Bundesbank says the Germany economy remains on a strong growth path. In its October Monthly Report the Bundesbank concludes that Germany’s upswing continued in the third quarter, though it may have temporarily lost some steam.

The Deutsche Bundesbank and Banco Central do Brasil intend to work more closely in future. Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret and his Brazilian counterpart Otávio Damaso signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect in October.

Gudrun Moede is the new head of the Bundesbank's Representative Office in Tokyo. She and her deputy, Matthias Vogel, were welcomed by Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret at a reception in Tokyo.

Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann says the economic recovery looks set to continue, particularly in the United States and the euro area. Speaking as the IMF's Annual Meeting in Lima drew to a close, he also stressed that monetary policy is not a silver bullet that can eliminate weak growth.

The Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is being held from 8 to 11 October in Lima against the backdrop of a perceptible deterioration in the outlook for the global economy. The IMF lowered its growth forecast for the global economy in the run-up to the meeting.