Jens Weidmann
Weidmann hits out at 'austerity backlash'
Bundesbank president challenges Blanchard study, says no conflict between fiscal consolidation and growth; Banque de France governor Noyer throws weight behind European banking union
Weidmann: Eurosystem has 'stretched its mandate' to contain crisis
Bundesbank president says mismatch of control and liability is diminishing the responsibility of individual states and transferring the consequences of failure onto the European community
Lagarde says ECB has ‘room to manoeuvre' on rates
IMF managing director says it up to ECB when to cut rates but calls for co-ordinated policies worldwide to shift ‘from three-speed to full speed' global recovery
Bundesbank turns €664 million profit in 2012
Deutsche Bundesbank profit increases by €21 million from 2011; Jens Weidmann says increase in the central bank’s risk provisions limited return
Weidmann says Europe does not revolve around Germany
Bundesbank president calls on co-ordination between Europe’s "heavyweights" to drive reforms and boost credibility of the EMU’s fiscal rules
Buba’s Weidmann concerned by central bank politicisation
Bundesbank president says euro is not overvalued; finds Stiglitz comments on central bank independence 'concerning'
Bundesbank president staunchly defends independence
Jens Weidmann speaks out against the increasing politicisation and expansion of central bank mandates
Buba’s Weidmann on the virtues of sound finances
Bundesbank president stresses the need for fiscal rectitude in monetary union
Target2’s missing settlement mechanism creates systemic risk
In the latest edition of the Central Banking Journal, Hans-Werner Sinn argues the lack of yearly ‘settling up’ in the European Target2 payments system is fuelling major imbalances within Europe
ECB in danger of being forged from fiscal fragility
Mario Draghi has made his mark at the helm of the European Central Bank. But Europe also needs a core set of values that must not be violated
Draghi wants European veto over national budgets
ECB president Mario Draghi says he supports German proposal that would centralise European sovereignty; believes divide with Bundesbank president can be overcome
Robert Pringle’s Viewpoint: Central bankers gamble for high stakes
The world’s major central banks have made high-stakes bets in a bid to stabilise economies. But their efforts may do little to promote confidence in the longer-term future of monetary management
Weidmann cautions against “more of the same” approach to eurozone crisis
Deutsche Bundesbank governor says need for structural reforms must not be obscured by short-term factors
Bundesbank president cautions against central bank shift into politics
Deutsche Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann confirms central bank’s policy advocating tighter eurozone rules while acknowledging long-term growth is needed to help peripheral countries out of debt
ECB allows eurozone central banks to veto collateral
ECB says central banks in member countries can refuse bank bonds guaranteed by governments of countries involved in EU/IMF bailout programmes as collateral
Weidmann airs unresolved questions of financial crisis
Bundesbank president details areas where research is needed to better understand the causes of the financial crisis; wants to better understand risks of securitisation practices
Weidman explains plummeting Bundesbank profit
President of the Deutsche Bundesbank explains why profit dropped drastically in 2011; increased risks led central bank to boost buffers
Buba’s Weidmann defends German role in eurozone rescues
President of the Deutsche Bundesbank says criticising German authorities for their action, or lack of it, in helping struggling eurozone counterparts is “quite inappropriate”