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© Angelika Stern / iStockWeidmann: Short-term financial assistance can only buy Greece time
According to Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, short-term financial assistance can only buy Greece time. Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Istanbul, Weidmann said that Greece could only solve its problems in the long run by making its public finances solid and its economy more competitive.
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© Mlenny Photography / Getty ImagesBundesbank receives final payment from Lehman insolvency proceedings
11.02.2015 DE
The Bundesbank received its final payment from the insolvency proceedings concerning Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG (LBB) in January 2015. This means that the original claim of around €8.5 billion plus accrued costs and interest receivable of roughly €0.8 billion from the years following the insolvency have been settled in full.
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© BundesbankWeidmann: Member states responsible for their policies
The extensive package of measures taken to combat the sovereign debt crisis have led to risk being redistributed among the member states of the euro area, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann told a conference in Venice. This, he said, undermines the necessary foundation for a stable and prosperous monetary union.
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© Haus und Grund Deutschland"Growing likelihood of price bubbles"
30.01.2015 DE
Bundesbank Executive Board member Andreas Dombret currently sees no signs of a real estate price bubble in Germany. However, high liquidity levels and low interest rates make a bubble more likely, warned Dombret at a speech in Berlin.
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© Nils ThiesRise in the number of counterfeit banknotes detected by the Bundesbank
27.01.2015
The number of counterfeits recorded by the Bundesbank has risen by 63% on the year. Bundesbank Executive Board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele says that the incidence of counterfeits in Germany is still low on the whole, however. The €50 note is a particular favourite among counterfeiters.
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© Gaby Gerster"Purchase of government bonds harbours risks"
27.01.2015 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann is critical of the ECB Governing Council's recent decision to purchase government bonds. He does not consider such a programme necessary at present, and sees a risk that the purchases might reduce the pressure on crisis countries to reform. He said that the specific structure would mitigate at least some of the problems that government bond purchases entail.
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© Hermann Pentermann / BundesbankEuro exhibition in the City of Peace now open
27.01.2015 DE
A ceremony in Osnabrück marked the opening of an exhibition entitled "The new face of the euro". New banknotes of the second series, also known as the "Europa" series, will be amongst those taking centre stage in the Cultural History Museum until 3 May.
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© Rolf Schultes / IHK"Soundness must not take a back seat to flexibility"
19.01.2015 DE
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned that the budgetary rules in the euro-area countries should not be interpreted too flexibly. Speaking at an event in Biberach, Mr Weidmann said that sound budgets were a key prerequisite for the stability of the single currency, for which every member state was responsible.
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© Monty Rakusen / Getty ImagesSigns of an economic improvement
19.01.2015 DE
The Bundesbank sees signs of a more rapid upturn in economic activity in Germany than widely expected. In its latest Monthly Report, the Bundesbank cites the positive consumer climate as well as favourable developments in industrial orders and output as factors underpinning this. The economists expect the dramatic fall in crude oil prices to have a marked effect on growth.
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© Uwe Nölke / BundesbankBundesbank commemorates Karl Otto Pöhl
15.01.2015 DE
The Bundesbank has marked the passing of its former President Karl Otto Pöhl in a commemorative ceremony.
"Today we mourn the passing of an outstanding figure in the world of central banking who was instrumental in paving the way for European monetary union,"
said Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann at a commemorative ceremony in Frankfurt am Main. Karl Otto Pöhl passed away on 9 December 2014 at the age of 85.