Deutsche Bundesbank
Buba's Weber: room for more monetary easing
Euro-area monetary policy has enough leeway for further easing if necessary, said Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
Rates should respond to asset prices: Buba
Monetary policy has to take asset price developments into account, finds a new paper from the Bundesbank.
Bundesbank on the causes of home bias
Research from the Bundesbank studies why the tendency to hold domestic paper prevails despite the rise in cross-country capital flows over the last two decades.
A credit risk model for all
Research from the Czech National Bank and the Bundesbank provides a template to investigate the credit risk environment of any economy.
Bundesbank's Weber on monetary policy
Monetary policy should react to the financial cycle in a more symmetric way, said Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
A mix of the old and new for central banks
While leading central banks around the world on Monday took similar steps to those seen in recent months to inject liquidity into fear-ridden money markets, the American authorities' response to the latest shocks signals a distinct shift in policy.
ECB's Weber: don't talk up recession threat
There is no reason to talk recession dangers into happening, said Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
ECB's Weber signals little support for cuts
Inflation fears could undermine prospects of lower eurozone interest rates, Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank and a member of the ECB's Governing Council, indicated.
Eurozone slump may fail to subdue inflation
The Bundesbank warned on Monday that weaker growth may not adequately curb inflation.
Bank's risk forecasts not effective
The Bank of England's risk forecasts for inflation do not perform well, finds new research from the Deutsche Bundesbank.
Interview: Otmar Issing
The architect of the ECB’s monetary policy framework talks to Robert Pringle about his new book and the challenges central bankers face at the moment
Turmoil caused by lethal cocktail: Buba's Weber
Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank, blamed the credit crunch on a cocktail of events.
Bundesbank expects euro inflation to accelerate
The Bundesbank on Monday said it expects inflation to increase further in the coming months and that the measure could stay above the European Central Bank's (ECB) target in the long term.
Impact of rate setting on banks assessed
A sharp increase in the steepness of the yield curve has the most negative impact on banks' interest income of any rate shock, research published by the Bundesbank finds.
Weber defends mark to market
Axel Weber, the president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, says it is crucial to stick to fair value accounting, especially under adverse market conditions.
Inflation fall driven by policy not globalisation
Globalisation is not the main factor in dampening inflationary pressures, as commonly suggested, argued Axel Weber, the president of the Bundesbank.
Obituaries: Stephen Frowen
Professor Stephen F. Frowen, born 22 May 1923, died 21 December 2007.
Why do central banks make losses?
Financial losses can be very damaging to the reputation and independence of a central bank. Franziska Schobert examines why losses occur.
Optimal transparency of monetary policy committees
Revealing the diversity of views in monetary policy committees makes future monetary policy more predictable, a new paper from Germany's central bank finds.
Bundesbank gets bigger supervisory role
The Bundesbank is poised to take broader responsibility for operational banking supervision in Germany after the central bank and BaFin, the country's financial regulator, agreed rules to clarify their supervisory roles.
Six lessons from the recent turbulence
Hermann Remsperger, a member of the executive board at the Bundesbank, outlined the lessons that have emerged so far from the turmoil that has plagued financial markets since August.
Cyprus and Malta join gold agreement
Cyprus and Malta, the two newest members of the eurozone, have signed up to the Central Bank Gold Agreement, which limits the amount of gold cooperating institutions can sell.
ECB sticks to inflation line amid OECD cut calls
Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, and fellow members of the rate-setting governing council have defended the central bank's decision to fight inflation, in spite of increasingly vociferous calls for them to cut rates.
Binned Bundesbank secrets found by hairdresser
A Berlin-based hairdresser has found secret drawings for a Bundesbank vault in a bin in the centre of the German capital.