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  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Monetary policy
    Bundesbank boss calls for July rate rise to tackle ‘disturbing’ inflation

    Joachim Nagel says delaying action now would risk sharper rises in the future

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    German economy
    Bundesbank warns Russian gas embargo would cost Germany 5 per cent in lost output

    Central bank says sudden disruption of supplies to EU could trigger sharp recession this year

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Central banks
    Bundesbank’s Joachim Nagel calls on Europe to tighten financial belt

    Central bank head offers confirmation it will continue its hawkish tradition of fighting inflation

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    InterviewGerman economy
    Bundesbank warns German lenders of complacency as house prices soar

    Credit risks have been ‘underestimated’, vice-president Claudia Buch tells FT

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Europe Express
    New Bundesbank president faces tough choices ahead Premium content

    Joachim Nagel will have to decide stance on ECB stimulus withdrawal and EU fiscal rules

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    Germany looks to Nagel to retain Bundesbank’s ‘anti-inflation’ message

    Economist is likely to uphold Jens Weidmann’s hawkish stance on monetary policy

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    German politics
    Scholz eyes Joachim Nagel to run Germany’s Bundesbank

    BIS executive likely to be picked to replace Jens Weidmann, according to person with knowledge of the talks

  • Friday, 22 October, 2021
    Christian Odendahl
    A new German economic era dawns as the Bundesbank changes guard

    Global tensions have convinced politicians that an economically strong and united Europe is more important than a balanced budget

  • Friday, 22 October, 2021
    News in-depthEurozone economy
    Can Weidmann’s exit help Germany rebuild frayed relations with ECB?

    German central banker said to have tired of fighting an often lonely battle over bond buying and negative rates

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    An auf Wiedersehen to Jens Weidmann

    Bundesbank president was a prominent dissenting voice at the ECB

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    News in-depth
    Picking Jens Weidmann’s successor presents key test for Germany’s coalition talks

    Choice of central bank head will send early signal on balance of power between three parties

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    FT live news
    News updates from October 20: US approves ‘mix and match’ vaccines, PayPal weighs Pinterest purchase, Bundesbank chief Weidmann to step down
  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    End of an era as Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann steps down

    Head of Germany’s central bank was a vocal and often lonely critic of the ECB’s ultra-loose monetary policy

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Global inflation
    Central banks differ on dispelling nightmare of stagflation

    With global forces slowing growth while increasing inflation, policymakers are struggling to find a path forward

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Europe Express
    Bundesbank hawk adapts his strategy Premium content

    Pandemic and climate change have shifted Jens Weidmann’s red lines

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    ECB’s new strategy is a welcome update

    Dovish shift marks break with the traditional stance of the Bundesbank

  • Monday, 28 June, 2021
    Eurozone inflation
    Bundesbank boss calls on ECB to scale back bond purchases

    Jens Weidmann says ‘inflation is not dead’ and warns of risk that energy prices will rise

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    German economy
    Bundesbank head says rising inflation likely to require policy ‘tightening’

    Jens Weidmann warns German inflation will surge to more than 3% this year

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Wirecard AG
    BaFin gave EU watchdog selective briefing on Wirecard short-selling ban

    German regulator omitted Bundesbank opposition and did not disclose it was investigating Wirecard, documents show

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Wirecard AG
    BaFin ignored Bundesbank concerns over Wirecard short selling ban

    Germany’s central bank informed regulator that financial stability risks could not justify intervention

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Climate change
    Bundesbank boss sets stage for ECB climate clash over bond-buying

    Weidmann stands by ‘market neutrality’ for €3.5tn programme in debate over purchasing assets of carbon-heavy companies

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Jens Weidmann
    Bundesbank chief: How central banks should address climate change

    Jens Weidmann says we can explore requiring better risk disclosures but cannot make up for a lack of political will

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    Eurozone economy
    Bundesbank chief calls for scaling-back of crisis aid

    Weidmann signals possible fresh EU split over speed of withdrawal of Covid-19 support

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Central bank intervention
    Bundesbank to keep buying bonds after court challenge

    German central bank to take lead from Berlin, which says requirements of ruling have been satisfied

  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
    Europe quantitative easing
    Bundesbank boss moves to defuse row between ECB and German court

    Jens Weidmann tells MPs he is confident clash over bond-buying programme can be resolved

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