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Macroprudential instruments
Macroprudential instruments are designed to preventively strengthen the financial system’s resilience to financial stability risks. In this way, they help to ensure that the financial system performs its functions smoothly at all times, even during periods of stress. Macroprudential instruments include various capital buffers. In addition, instruments designed to contain the emergence of …
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European Systemic Risk Board
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) is responsible for macroprudential supervision within the European Union. At the end of 2011, the ESRB recommended that macroprudential authorities or bodies be established at the national level. Germany implemented this recommendation by creating the Financial Stability Committee.
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Financial Stability Board
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) was established to promote financial stability at the international level. As an international forum for national supervisory authorities, the FSB serves as a coordination and exchange platform and develops regulatory and supervisory recommendations for action.
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Data
Indicators from a variety of data sources are regularly used and evaluated to assess financial stability. The data pool for some of these indicators, as well as overviews of the use of macroprudential instruments in various countries, can be found here.
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Reports by the Financial Stability Committee
Once a year, the Financial Stability Committee reports to the German Bundestag on its activities and on the financial stability situation and trends. These annual reports are also published after submission to the Bundestag.
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Privacy policy
Privacy statement of Federal Ministry of Finance
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Taxation VAT
Here you will find information on VAT.
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Ministry Visitors' Service
The visitors’ service welcomes groups who are interested in the ministry’s work. Visitors have the opportunity to talk directly to ministry staff (in German or, where possible, in English) and learn more about the ministry’s tasks, working methods and goals.
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afs-bericht First Financial Stability Committee report
The low interest rate environment is placing earnings pressure on many financial market players and poses a particular challenge to German life insurers. The Financial Stability Committee presented these and other topics in its first annual report to the German Bundestag on 18 June 2014.