The People’s Bank of China and the Bundesbank have renewed the partnership between their universities. The agreement extending the arrangement was signed by Kang Yitong, Dean of the People’s Bank of China School of Finance, and Erich Keller, Rector of the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences, at the German embassy in Beijing.

In a speech delivered at the University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann spoke to students about the challenge of putting monetary union on a sound long-term footing.

Two years have been spent exploring the possible design and distribution of a digital euro. Now, the Governing Council of the ECB is moving to the next phase of the project. This will lay the foundations for a potential digital euro. It will involve, amongst other things, finalising the digital euro rulebook and selecting providers that could develop a digital euro platform and infrastructure. However, a decision on whether to actually issue a digital euro will be made at a later date. 

Imagine a digital single payment solution that could be used for any kind of payment throughout the euro area. Guess what? It could become a reality. A digital euro. Easy, safe, fast, reliable. Digital money from the European Central Bank at your fingertips whenever you need it. But how would it work?

What consequences does the remuneration of central bank reserves have for the profits of commercial banks and central banks? Economist Paul De Grauwe from the London School of Economics addressed this topic as part of a talk given at the Bundesbank on 4 September 2023.

Benjamin M. Friedman, the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University, addressed central banks’ battle against inflation and the implications for monetary policy in a speech delivered on 7 July 2023.

Welcome address by Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel

Welcome address by Sabine Mauderer and Keynote speech by Geoffrey Heal

Chair: Nicola Ranger

Here you can view aerial and close-up footage of the temporary headquarters of the Bundesbank’s Central Office in Frankfurt am Main. Media outlets can request video footage (in HD resolution) via the Bundesbank’s Press Office.