Germany
ECB may intervene again - still upward price risks
The European Central Bank is ready to intervene again in foreign exchange markets if it deems it to be necessary, Bundesbank president and ECB governing council member Ernst Welteke said Tueday.
Stiffer tests for future Eurozone members -Welteke
Ernst Welteke, president of the Bundesbank, has raised concerns about whether the countries preparing to join the European Union in the next few years would be ready to become members of the EU's single currency.
German treasury loses out over euro seigniorage
According to the German economics institute IFO, the introduction of the euro coins and banknotes at the beginning of 2002 will cause a financial loss to the German treasury of DM60bn.
Bundesbank brings central banking to the public
Benedict Weller is captivated by the Bundesbank's spanking new Geldmuseum.
Interview with Ernst Welteke
Ernst Welteke, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, talks with the editor of the Quarterly Journal of Central Banking, Robert Pringle, about the forthcoming restructuring of the Bundesbank, the euro, the ECB and the need for greater political…
Farewell to Wendelin at Bundesbank
Wendelin Hartmann is presented with a special issue of a German banking journal to commemorate many years service at the Bundesbank and as chairman of the Committe on Payment and Settlement Systems at the BIS.
Happy birthday at the Bundesbank!!
Ernst Welteke and Hans Tietmeyer, the present and former Presidents of the Deustche Bundesbank, celebrate their birthdays this week.