# The Deutsche Bundesbank in figures The Deutsche Bundesbank: key figures ------------------------------------ {#par-ioau66}{#par-eii37e}{#par-a4546i}{#par-u5239a}{#par-ai84oi}{#par-o7131i}{#par-e91u3a}{#par-a7oe51}{#par-u11i4u}{#par-i5e473}{#par-o97a3i}{#par-i651u4}{#par-e6ea3i}{#par-ia3115}{#par-ia8891}{#par-i6o836}{#par-o24184}{#par-o13224}{#par-u75e82}{#par-e7u1uo}{#par-a58e5e}{#par-i94e35}{#par-a22693}{#par-i328ou}{#par-ee21u2}{#par-u9i277}{#par-o1851o}{#par-a4o442}{#par-a9ao5o}{#par-e1799o}{#par-o2u9i4}{#par-a5a47a}{#par-ee892u}{#par-a31i5i}{#par-ee6oaa}{#par-e944e7}{#par-ea8183}{#par-u632i6}{#par-uue3oa}{#par-uo2u26}{#par-ao735a}{#par-o5i1e6}{#par-o4u127}{#par-ou2e3a}{#par-a73u4o}{#par-o7e1i2}{#par-o42a9a}{#par-i2a6oi}{#par-oa1i65}{#par-e96575}{#par-o9373e}{#par-a93939}{#par-e85617}{#par-i9a266}{#par-o4u3i2}{#par-a7a3o7}{#par-a548i4}{#par-oie347}{#par-a14212}{#par-ue935u}{#par-i59i3i}{#par-u2ie11}{#par-i7434e}{#par-e347aa}{#par-u9544u}{#par-i91a49}{#par-eii5ei}{#par-i6ieo9}{#par-i2ie2o} | |               2023 | 2024 | | **Staff** ^1^ | || | Core staff (full-time equivalents) | 10,255 | 10,207 | | Contraction since 31 December 2001^2^ | 4,545 (= 30.7 %) | 4,609 (= 31.1 %) | | **Locations** **/** **core staff (full-time equivalents)** ^1^ | || | Central Office | 1 / 5,530 | 1 / 5,791 | | Regional offices | 9 / 2,623 | 9 / 2,415 | | Branches | 31 / 2,102 | 31 / 2,001 | | **Annual accounts** ^1^ | || | Distributable profit | -- | − €19,153 million | | Net interest income | − €13,907 million | − €13,059 million | | Total assets | €2,516,001 million | €2,372,647 million | | Foreign reserve assets (total) | €292.3 billion | €363.7 billion | | Foreign currency | €33.4 billion | €34.0 billion | | Receivables from the | €57.5 billion | €59.2 billion | | Gold | (3,353 t) €201.3 billion | (3,352 t) €270.6 billion | | Allocation across the various storage locations | || | Frankfurt | (1,710 t) €102.7 billion | (1,710 t) €138.1 billion | | New York | (1,236 t) €74.2 billion | (1,236 t) €99.8 billion | | London | (406 t) €24.4 billion | (405 t) €32.7 billion | | **capital key** ^1^ | || | Share of subscribed capital | 21.4394 % | 21.7749 % | | Share of paid-up capital | 26.1494 % | 26.6301 % | | Amount of the participating interest in the | €2.32 billion | €2.36 billion | | Foreign reserve assets transferred to the | €10.64 billion | €10.80 billion | | **Monetary policy operations** | || | Open market operations in the euro area | || | Main refinancing operations | €14.1 billion | €17.0 billion | | Longer-term refinancing operations^3^ | €396.2 billion | €17.2 billion | | of which counterparties of the Bundesbank | €69.5 billion | €3.5 billion | | Banks participating in refinancing operations (total) | 458 | 88 | | of which via the Bundesbank | 252 | 27 | | Standing facilities | || | Marginal lending facility in the euro area | €0.01 billion | €0.048 billion | | Deposit facility in the euro area | €3,334.8 billion | €2,799.01 billion | | Asset purchase programmes (Bundesbank's share)^1^ | || | portfolio | €74.5 billion | €64.9 billion | | portfolio | €513.5 billion | €447.3 billion | | portfolio | €71.8 billion | €63.7 billion | | public sector portfolio | €339.6 billion | €325.1 billion | | corporate sector portfolio | €8.3 billion | €8.7 billion | | covered bonds portfolio | €1.4 billion | €1.3 billion | | **Cash payments** | || | Volume of euro banknotes in circulation (Eurosystem)^1^ | €1,567.2 billion | €1,588.3 billion | | Volume of coins in circulation (Eurosystem)^1^ | €33.5 billion | €34.5 billion | | Returned banknotes and coins | 58.1 million | 53.1 million | | Unreturned banknotes and coins | 12.24 billion | 12.18 billion | | **Incidence of counterfeit money in Germany** | || | Euro banknotes (number) | 56,572 | 72,413 | | Euro coins (number) | 115,832 | 141,332 | | **Cashless payments** | || | Payments via the Bundesbank (number of transactions) | 7,838.6 million | 8,487.7 million | | of which via | 7,681.6 million | 8,294.8 million | | of which via (2)-Bundesbank | 154.5 million | 190.3 million | | payment transactions in T(ARGET)2^4^ | 53.0 million | 53.4 million | | payment transactions in | 33.4 million | 62.5 million | | settlement of securities transactions in | 68.1 million | 74.4 million | | Payments via the Bundesbank (value) | €307.8 trillion | €308.9 trillion | | of which via | €4.5 trillion | €4.8 trillion | | of which via (2)-Bundesbank | €300.1 trillion | €299.8 trillion | | payment transactions in T(ARGET)2^4^ | €230.3 trillion | €221.0 trillion | | payment transactions in | €27.7 billion | €56.3 billion | | settlement of securities transactions in | €69.8 trillion | €78.7 trillion | | **Banking supervision** | || | Number of institutions supervised | 2,779 | 2,723 | | On-site inspections | 163 | 150 | | **Cooperation with foreign central banks** | | | | Training and advisory events | 249 | 270 | | Number of participants (total) | 3,386 | 2,573 | | Number of participating countries (total) | 104 | 104 | | **Selected publications** | | | | Annual Report | 1 | 1 | | Financial Stability Review | 1 | 1 | | Monthly Report | 12 | 12 | | Statistical Series | 104 | 104 | | Research Centre discussion papers | 34 | 46 | | Technical papers | 8 | 12 | | Publications in academic journals | 78 | 81 | | **External communication / public relations** | | | | Visitors to the Money Museum | 44,144 | 47,125 | | Economic education events / number of participants | 1,932 / 54,003 | 1,771 / 49,243 | | Written answers to queries | 17,749 | 19,691 | | Press releases | 480 | 495 | | Training sessions on counterfeit prevention / number of participants | 2,100 / 42,000 | 2,000 / 39,900 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| {#par-e12887} {#par-i81a63} Branches of the Deutsche Bundesbank ----------------------------------- on 31 December 2023{#par-eo4732} | Locality number | Bank location | |-----------------|------------------------| | 720 | Augsburg | | 100 | Berlin | | 480 | Bielefeld | | 870 | Chemnitz | | 370 | Cologne | | 470 | Dortmund | | 820 | Erfurt | | 500 | Frankfurt am Main | | 680 | Freiburg | | 260 | Göttingen | | 200 | Hamburg | | 250 | Hannover | | 660 | Karlsruhe | | 570 | Koblenz | | 370 | Köln | | 860 | Leipzig | | 545 | Ludwigshafen | | 810 | Magdeburg | | 550 | Mainz | | 700 | Munich | | 150 | Neubrandenburg | | 760 | Nuremberg | | 280 | Oldenburg | | 265 | Osnabrück | | 750 | Regensburg | | 640 | Reutlingen | | 130 | Rostock | | 590 | Saarbrücken | | 600 | Stuttgart | | 630 | Ulm | | 694 | Villingen-Schwenningen | | 790 | Würzburg | {#par-a9638e} {#par-eaeai4} Staff of the Deutsche Bundesbank -------------------------------- on 31 December 2024[\[1\]](#_ftn_root_1) {#par-o3i8i6} {#par-i76564}{#par-u45478}{#par-e7oe82}{#par-i31878}{#par-uu6381}{#par-ae1a73} | **Item** | **Staff numbers** ^1^ |||| **Change compared with** **2023** |||| | **Item** | **Total** | **Regional offices** | **Branches** | **Central Office** | **Total** | **Regional offices** | **Branches** | **Central Office** | | Civil servants | 6,255 | 1,549 | 769 | 3,937 | 27 | − 85 | − 37 | 149 | | Salaried staff | 5,397 | 1,145 | 1,426 | 2,826 | − 127 | − 163 | − 70 | 106 | | Total | 11,652 | 2,694 | 2,195 | 6,763 | − 100 | − 248 | − 107 | 255 | | of which: trainees | 626 | 69 | 22 | 535 | − 43 | − 13 | − 1 | − 29 | | Remainder: core staff | 11,026 | 2,625 | 2,173 | 6,228 | − 57 | − 235 | − 106 | 248 | | Memo item: Core staff pro rata (full-time equivalents) | 10,207.4 | 2,415.5 | 2,001.0 | 5,790.9 | − 47.7 | − 207.8 | − 100.9 | 261.0 | |--------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------|----------------------|--------------|--------------------| {#par-o92333} {#par-u336e9} **Offices held by members of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to the Code of Conduct for members of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the Annual Report shall disclose details of offices held by Board members on supervisory boards or similar inspection bodies of business enterprises.[\[2\]](#_ftn_root_2) {#par-i7e763} **Michael Theurer,** member of the Executive Board since 2 September 2024, was a co-partner in TWF Metallbearbeitungs Holding in 2024.[\[3\]](#_ftn_root_3){#par-u54e79} 1. {#_ftn_root_1} Not included: -- Members of staff on secondment: 97 (end-2023: 96) -- Members of staff on unpaid leave: 256 (end-2023: 243) -- Members of staff in the second phase of the partial retirement scheme: 146 (end-2023: 140) 2. {#_ftn_root_2} Membership of other official bodies is not listed. 3. {#_ftn_root_3} The partnership existed prior to his taking up office and is in the process of being dissolved.{#par-uo62u8} {#par-u57o29} *[TARGET]: Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System *[IMF]: International Monetary Fund *[ECB]: European Central Bank *[PSPP]: public sector purchase programme *[**AR**]: Annual Report *[DEM]: Deutsche Mark *[CSPP]: corporate sector purchase programme *[PEPP]: pandemic emergency purchase programme *[UG]: Unternehmergesellschaft *[RPS]: retail payment system *[T2S]: TARGET2-Securities *[**ECB**]: European Central Bank *[CBPP3]: third covered bond purchase programme *[TIPS]: TARGET Instant Payment Settlement