Bundesbank

The Bundesbank is still determined to maintain price stability but that policy has led to extremely high interest rates and the risk of a slow-down in economic activity and perhaps, a recession not only in Germany, but also Europe.

Europe and the Future 1992

The result is that the central bank - widely praised as Latin America's "Bundesbank" - has had to carry the fight inflation alone.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

The result is that the central bank - widely praised as Latin America's "Bundesbank" - has had to carry the fight inflation alone.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Ms. Merkel's decision to send her close aide Jens Weidmann to the Bundesbank is a strong signal that Germany won't put forward a German candidate to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European Central Bank later this year.

Merkel Taps Adviser to Head Bundesbank Geoffrey T. Smith 2011

The Bundesbank is the crown jewel among Germany's postwar institutions, guardian of the deutsche mark and the core around which the ECB was built.

Germany Must Consider How It Makes Bank Appointments 2010

The statement said the Bundesbank is the only bank in Europe that reimburses damaged euro coins at face value.

BBC News - Home 2011

"Limiting the liability reflects the strong influence of the Bundesbank, which is trying to avoid a 'liability union' within the euro zone," he said.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2012

He called the Bundesbank, which has opposed ECB bond purchases, "reactionary" and opposed to European integration, and said Merkel "is not acting very cleverly."

Markets tense as EU makes no move on debt crisis - Yahoo! Finance 2010

Some governing council members, such as Bundesbank head Alex Weber, have even raised the possibility that the next move may be a rate hike.

Europe's Un-Fed 2008

According to its own rules, any ECB losses would be shared out between itself and the 17 national central banks in the euro zone, with the Bundesbank on the hook for about 25%.

Europe's Bad Bank Mats Persson 2011