Deutsche Bundesbank
Bundesbank reports increased profits
The Bundesbank reported a net profit of 2.86 bln eur in 2005 on Tuesday 21 March, up from 676 mln a year earlier.
Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report, February 2006
The Deutsche Bundesbank published the English version of its February 2006 Monthly Report on 17 March. The report said Germany's economy will probably return to growth in the first quarter of this year.
Bundesbank's Meister defends Polish regulator
Germany's central bank has criticised Poland's plans to reform its financial regulator, saying the move would isolate the country.
Bundesbank's Weber on the role of interest rates
In the speech 'The role of interest rates in theory and practice - How useful is the concept of the natural real rate of interest for monetary policy?' given on 9 March Axel Weber of the Bundesbank said setting interest rates against a benchmark estimate…
Ex-Buba Milow on govt gold grip
In Saturday's issue of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the former Bundesbank branch office manager Christian Milow wrote at length about "The grip of the government on gold" ("Der Griff des Staates nach dem Gold").
Comment: Communication and predictability
Two recent studies investigate the effects of more open communication strategies at both the Fed and the ECB on the predictability of subsequent interest rate decisions. The conclusions reached differ considerably.
Bundesbank fights to shine in ECB's shadow
Germany's Bundesbank is battling to redefine its role in the new eurozone monetary order headed by the European Central Bank, according to this article published Friday.
Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report, January 2006
The Deutsche Bundesbank published the English version of its January 2006 Monthly Report on 16 February. The report issued a blunt warning against rushing the expansion of the eurozone currency bloc and criticised prospective member Estonia over the size…
Buba worried re cash supply after Heros insolvency
The Bundesbank has called on local branches to lengthen their operating hours after a money-transport company which accounts for around 50 per cent of the German money transport sector filed for insolvency.
Buba's Weber says inflation risks remain
Bundesbank president Axel Weber told a conference on Monday 20 February that inflation risks still exist in the eurozone and a forward-looking monetary policy is needed to counter these risks at an early stage.
Bundesbank gold sale rule change dropped
The German government and the Bundesbank have agreed to end a long-running squabble over the use of Germany's gold reserves, the finance ministry announced.
Buba's Remsperger sees medium term inflation risk
Bundesbank chief economist Hermann Remsperger said in an interview that inflationary risks for the euro zone remain high in the medium term.
Stark formally nominated for ECB job
Austrian finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser said EU finance ministers formally nominated Bundesbank vice-president Juergen Stark as Otmar Issing's successor at the European Central Bank.
Euro group set to nominate Buba's Stark to ECB
Eurozone finance ministers are set to nominate Bundesbank vice-president Juergen Stark next week for the European Central Bank executive board post, an EU official told reporters Thursday 9 February.
Germany to issue inflation-linked bonds
The German government plans to issue inflation-linked bonds this year, but is hoping for an uptick in inflation expectations to time the sale Gerhard Schleif, the head of the nation's debt agency, told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview yesterday.
German gold debate rages on
The debate in Germany about the Bundesbank's gold reserves and salary bonuses is continuing.
Comment: EU banking supervision
Bundesbank board member Edgar Meister's assertion earlier this week that "the current supervisory framework is no real hindrance to cross-border consolidation" in the European banking sector, underlines the differences in opinion amongst policymakers on…
New conflict over Bundesbank bonus cuts
The new spat between the German finance ministry and the Bundesbank has developed over cuts in the compensation schemes of the central bank's staff.
Deutsche Bundesbank adopts SwiftNet FileAct
According to a report on Finextra.com, Deutsche Bundesbank is to adopt SwiftNet FileAct to begin standardizing its communications system for low value payments, bringing its branches in line with Germany's national Real Time Gross Settlement as it…
German govt, Bundesbank set for gold clash
A long-simmering squabble between the German government and the Bundesbank over the use of Germany's massive gold reserves may come to the boil again as a result of new legislation drafted by the finance ministry, the Financial Times reported.
Report says Germany may create gold sale fund
Germany may create a special fund for the proceeds of Bundesbank gold sales in a move which could help ease central bank opposition to the sale of part of its huge reserves, according to a draft law quoted by Reuters on Thursday 2 February.
Merkel looks to Buba for chief economic advisor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recruited a top Bundesbank economist, Jens Weidmann, to advise her in economic matters, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday 1 February.
Buba's Weber says ECB 'ready to act' on rates
The European Central Bank is ready to act again any time if necessary on interest rates in the eurozone, Bundesbank chief Axel Weber said in a newspaper interview.
Stark the 'only candidate' for ECB post
Germany's Juergen Stark is the "only candidate" for the European Central Bank's executive board, according to the head of the eurozone group of finance ministers.