Publication Annual Report 2023 Chapter The Deutsche Bundesbank in figures Executive Board and commemorationsForewordAt a glanceBundesbank round-upChronology of monetary policy decisionsAnnual accounts of the Deutsche Bundesbank for 2023The Deutsche Bundesbank in figuresSection The Deutsche Bundesbank: key figures The Deutsche Bundesbank: key figuresBranches of the Deutsche BundesbankStaff of the Deutsche BundesbankThe Deutsche Bundesbank: key figures 2022 2023Staff 1 Core staff (full-time equivalents)10,29410,255 Contraction since 31 December 2001 2 4,523 (= 30.5%)4,562 (= 30.8%)Locations / core staff (full-time equivalents) 1 Central Office1 / 5,4051 / 5,530Regional offices9 / 2,6679 / 2,623 Branches31 / 2,22331 / 2,102Annual accounts 1 Distributable profit––Net interest income€3,954 million− €13,907 millionTotal assets€2,903,591 million€2,516,001 millionForeign reserve assets (total)€276.5 billion€292.3 billion Foreign currency€34.4 billion€33.4 billion Receivables from the IMF€58.0 billion€57.5 billion Gold(3,355 t) €184.0 billion(3,353 t) €201.3 billion Allocation across the various storage locations Frankfurt(1,710 t) €93.8 billion(1,710 t) €102.7 billion New York(1,236 t) €67.8 billion(1,236 t) €74.2 billion London(409 t) €22.4 billion(406 t) €24.4 billionECB capital key 1 Share of subscribed capital21.4394%21.4394%Share of paid-up capital26.3615%26.1494%Amount of the participating interest in the ECB€2.32 billion€2.32 billionForeign reserve assets transferred to the ECB€10.64 billion€10.64 billionMonetary policy operationsOpen market operations in the euro area Main refinancing operations€2.4 billion€14.1 billion Longer-term refinancing operations 3 €1,321.4 billion€396.2 billion of which counterparties of the Bundesbank €235.9 billion€69.5 billion Banks participating in refinancing operations (total)769458 of which via the Bundesbank512252Standing facilities Marginal lending facility in the euro area €0.5 billion€0.01 billion Deposit facility in the euro area €3,778.8 billion€3,334.8 billionAsset purchase programmes (Bundesbank’s share) 1 CBPP3 portfolio€77.8 billion€74.5 billionPSPP portfolio€562.3 billion€513.5 billionCSPP portfolio€79.1 billion€71.8 billionPEPP public sector portfolio€343.7 billion€339.6 billionPEPP corporate sector portfolio€8.7 billion€8.3 billionPEPP covered bonds portfolio€1.4 billion€1.4 billionCash paymentsVolume of euro banknotes in circulation (Eurosystem) 1 €1,572.0 billion€1,567.2 billionVolume of coins in circulation (Eurosystem) 1 €32.5 billion€33.5 billionReturned DEM banknotes and coinsDEM 53.5 millionDEM 58.1 millionUnreturned DEM banknotes and coinsDEM 12.30 billionDEM 12.24 billionIncidence of counterfeit money in GermanyEuro banknotes (number)44,14556,572 Euro coins (number)73,400 115,832 Cashless paymentsPayments via the Bundesbank (number of transactions)7,273.5 million7,838.6 millionof which via RPS7,128.5 million7,681.6 millionof which via TARGET(2)-Bundesbank142.4 million154.5 millionpayment transactions in T(ARGET)2 4 53.1 million53.0 millionpayment transactions in TIPS15.2 million33.4 millionsettlement of securities transactions in T2S74.1 million68.1 millionPayments via the Bundesbank (value)€295.2 trillion€307.8 trillionof which via RPS€4.3 trillion€4.5 trillionof which via TARGET(2)-Bundesbank€288.6 trillion€300.1 trillionpayment transactions in T(ARGET)2 4 €221.2 trillion€230.3 trillionpayment transactions in TIPS€12.6 billion€27.7 billionsettlement of securities transactions in T2S€67.4 trillion€69.8 trillionShare of TARGET(2)-Bundesbank transactions in EU-wide TARGET(2) system (number of payment transactions)51.7%50.8%Banking supervisionNumber of institutions supervised2,8582,779On-site inspections154163Cooperation with foreign central banksTraining and advisory events186249Number of participants (total)3,2843,386Number of participating countries (total)94104Selected publicationsAnnual Report11Financial Stability Review11Monthly Report1212Statistical Series104104Research Centre discussion papers5234Technical papers48Publications in academic journals8978External communication / public relationsVisitors to the Money Museum31,42644,144Economic education events / number of participants1,781 / 47,8391,932 / 54,003Written answers to queries16,02917,749Press releases469480Training sessions on counterfeit prevention / number of participants1,400 / 27,0002,100 / 42,000 Branches of the Deutsche Bundesbankon 31 December 2023Locality numberBank location720Augsburg100Berlin480Bielefeld870Chemnitz370Cologne470Dortmund820Erfurt500Frankfurt am Main680Freiburg260Göttingen200Hamburg250Hannover660Karlsruhe570Koblenz860Leipzig545Ludwigshafen810Magdeburg550Mainz700Munich150Neubrandenburg760Nuremberg280Oldenburg265Osnabrück750Regensburg640Reutlingen130Rostock590Saarbrücken600Stuttgart630Ulm694Villingen-Schwenningen790Würzburg Staff of the Deutsche Bundesbankon 31 December 2023 5 6 Staff numbersYear-on-year changesTotalRegional officesBranchesCentral OfficeTotalRegional officesBranchesCentral OfficeCivil servants6,2281,6348063,7884− 14− 4260Salaried staff5,5241,3081,4962,720− 134− 48− 81− 5Total11,7522,9422,3026,508− 130− 62− 12355 of which: trainees6698223564− 81− 105− 76Core staff11,0832,8602,2795,944− 49− 52− 128131Core staff pro rata(full-time equivalents)10,255.12,623.32,101.95,529.9− 39.2− 43.3− 120.8124.9 FootnotesAs at 31 December 2023.Core staff (full-time equivalents) on 31 December 2001 (year before the structural reform began): 14,800.Including targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTROs), excluding US dollar tenders.On 20 March 2023, a new technical platform replaced the existing TARGET2 system. Since then, banks’ liquidity management, transactions with the central bank and individual payments (including settlement with connected market infrastructures) have been processed in the new T2 service. The figures listed here comprise the transactions in TARGET2-Bundesbank up until the changeover date and subsequently the transactions in TARGET-Bundesbank (T2 service).Of which:– part-time employees: 3,044 (end-2022: 3,017)– staff with temporary contracts: 141 (end-2022: 171)Not included:– Members of staff on secondment: 96 (end-2022: 101)– Members of staff on unpaid leave: 243 (end-2022: 247)– Members of staff in the second phase of the partial retirement scheme: 140 (end-2022: 117)
