Deutsche Bundesbank
Buba's Dombret says ECB agrees there are limited risks of deflation
Low inflation in the eurozone should not become deflation, Andreas Dombret says in a speech at the Dallas Fed, as current low inflation reflects unique factors
Weidmann would consider 'outsourcing’ SSM from ECB
Jens Weidmann tells Klaas Knot the ECB should consider ‘outsourcing’ the single supervisory mechanism once it is established
Germany pips UK to renminbi clearing deal
Deutsche Bundesbank signs MoU with People’s Bank of China three days before the Bank of England; agreements pave way for first two clearing banks outside Asia
Bundesbank stands firm on risks posed by non-standard policy
Annual report reiterates German concerns that non-standard policies pose a threat to central bank independence; Weidmann says wintry economic conditions are beginning to warm
Turkish central bank award aims to promote research in central banking
Turkey award follows the Carl Menger Prize for Research launched by the Bundesbank, the National Bank of Austria and the Swiss National Bank in January
Dombret calls for cap on bank loans to sovereigns
Deutsche Bundesbank board member advocates a cap on the amount banks can lend to an individual sovereign, as they should never ‘put all their eggs in one basket’
Bundesbank board approves Claudia Buch for vice-president
Current president of the Halle Institute for Economic Research will replace Sabine Lautenschläger who quit the Bundesbank last month to join the ECB
ECB ‘obliged' to introduce OMT to defend price stability, Draghi tells Bundesbank
ECB president Mario Draghi tells a Bundesbank symposium in Frankfurt that OMTs build on the doctrine adhered to by the German central bank for several decades
FX Invest Europe: Deutsche Bundesbank official praises Fed’s QE exit strategy
Christine Glockmann says other central bankers may copy Fed’s communication over QE tapering; says eurozone economic policy suffers from member states 'bickering'
Blanchard leads calls for more ‘democratic input’ in central bank decision-making
Viral Acharya, Olivier Blanchard, Richard Fisher, Otmar Issing and Klaas Knot debate new ‘paradigm’ of central banks with ever more responsibilities; Blanchard prescribes an injection of democracy
Weidmann says macro-prudential instruments should be a ‘political top priority’
Bundesbank president says macro-prudential instruments should be prepared urgently; points out flaws in attaching greater importance to the financial sector when setting monetary policy
Home repossession rules explain Europe's divergent debt profiles, paper finds
Discussion paper published by the Deutsche Bundesbank says differences in legal processes explain the ‘striking differences’ in debt profiles of each eurozone country
Weidmann argues in Karlsruhe for strict monetary policy rules
Bundesbank president argues for legal strict limits to central banks' flexibility, saying such rules are particularly important to the functioning of European monetary union
Banque de France's Christian Noyer on bank runs, the euro crisis and a Fed-like ECB
Christian Noyer explains how he has restructured the Banque de France to enable it to become the Eurosystem’s ‘New York Fed’, while facing down a bank run and tackling the euro crisis
German banks use interest rate swaps as substitute strategies for managing interest rate risk exposure
They also use on-balance-sheet adjustments of the 'duration gap', Bundesbank discussion paper looking at banks' interest rate risk management finds
Banks with more interbank relationships meet liquidity needs ‘more efficiently’, finds Bundesbank paper
Discussion paper examines the link between interbank relationships and liquidity needs, using data from German banks’ use of ECB main refinancing operations
Dombret questions benefit of breaking up banks
Doubts that separation between investment and commercial banking would ensure that lenders can fail 'without disrupting the system'; says 'pure commercial banks' were at centre of crisis
Central banks found research prize in honour of Carl Menger
Deutsche Bundesbank, National Bank of Austria and Swiss National Bank announce the creation of a new prize for economic research, named after Austrian economist Carl Menger
People: Zambian deputy retires; Lautenschläger appointed at ECB
Bank of Zambia and Bank of Nigeria lose deputy governors to the ministry of transport and retirement respectively; Sabine Lautenschläger will join the ECB executive board on January 27
Dombret says 'ultra-loose' monetary policy won't fix 'lacklustre' investment
Andreas Dombret says financial and structural reforms are necessary to incentivise private sector investment; banking union will not solve the economic crisis in the eurozone
Lautenschläger rejects German stereotypes as she closes in on ECB job
Sabine Lautenschläger tells the European Parliament she will not imitate either Weidmann or Asmussen if she is appointed to ECB’s executive board; calls for governing council to publish minutes
Bundesbank paper finds benefits in concentrated bank lending
Researchers find that banks with more concentrated credit portfolios have lower expected write-offs and unexpected risk than their counterparts
Governor of the year: Mario Draghi
Unflappable conviction and outstanding leadership has enabled ECB president Mario Draghi to decisively restore confidence in crisis-hit Europe
Monetary union hampers current account adjustment, say Bundesbank economists
Paper examines current account dynamics in countries with fixed and floating exchange rates, and countries in a monetary union; find evidence that monetary union might aggravate existing imbalances