Deutsche Bundesbank
Bundesbank research proposes improved structure for counterparty credit risk
Discussion paper finds ‘quadri-partite’ structure gives best results for managing counterparty credit risk
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 research says sovereign default can be the best option
Discussion paper finds it may be optimal to choose a costly default over legal repayment, but only when a country is facing disaster
Bundesbank research finds strong role for China in global inflation dynamics
Discussion paper weighs cross-border effects of supply and demand shocks in China; results suggest Chinese shocks explain an average of 5% of total inflation across countries
Bundesbank researchers test if higher inflation could ease public debt burden
Paper finds 'minor effect' on public debt from a raised inflation target, and would only be felt over a long time-frame
Dombret warns national banking systems are too-big-to-fail
Bundesbank’s Andreas Dombret says too-big-to-fail problem extends to whole banking systems; says some eurozone systems could have to be downsized
Bundesbank paper raises concerns over accuracy of systemic risk measures
Researchers find market-based systemic risk measures may give a façade of safety even as banks enter ‘major tail risks’
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
Bundesbank’s waning role in Europe dates back to Schmidt’s ‘Auschwitz’ comments
The loss of German central bank authority in Europe in the past two years dates back to an historic meeting with Helmut Schmidt, who used references to Auschwitz to drive home monetary integration
Deutsche Bundesbank’s losing struggle in European integration battle
The Deutsche Bundesbank was once the cornerstone of European monetary stability but has become little more than a bargaining chip for politicians negotiating European integration.
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
Bundesbank’s Dombret warns low interest rates are not 'suitable therapy'
Executive board member Andreas Dombret says exit from low interest rate environment must take place at ‘right time’; expounds damage it causes to savers
Buba’s Weidmann concerned by central bank politicisation
Bundesbank president says euro is not overvalued; finds Stiglitz comments on central bank independence 'concerning'
G-20 urged to address financial system flaws
Group of Thirty wants G-20 to act on conflicting financial services regulation, taxation and reporting rules; calls on Asian central banks to inject up to $4 trillion into diversified SWFs
Dombret wary of conflicts between regulatory measures
Bundesbank executive board member Dombret urges the consistent and timely implementation of international regulation on a national level
Bundesbank paper quantifies ‘considerable’ risk spillovers
Researchers design new methodology for measuring systemic risk and contagion effects, finding spillovers are significant but vary from region to region
Bundesbank president staunchly defends independence
Jens Weidmann speaks out against the increasing politicisation and expansion of central bank mandates
Bundesbank deputy stresses need for SSM improvements
Sabine Lautenschläger says foundation of Europe’s single supervisory mechanism needs work; legal and governance structures unfinished at present
Bundesbank slams ‘excessive' Bangladesh death penalty threat
German central bank shelves co-operation plan pending Bangladesh ‘clearly and irrevocably' dropping plans to execute counterfeiters
Bundesbank to bring gold back home
Bundesbank will move 674 tonnes of Germany’s gold reserves, currently held in New York and Paris, to vaults in Frankfurt by 2020
Bundesbank paper analyses drivers of default risk
Study published by the Deutsche Bundesbank finds systematic factors are responsible for up to a quarter of the differences in the default risk of individual banks' credit portfolios
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