According to estimates using the seasonal method, the volume of euro coins held for transaction purposes in Germany in 2011 stood at €2.3 billion; this corresponds to around 36% of the total volume of German (ie issued by the Deutsche Bundesbank) euro coins in circulation. 76% of the total...

Der Transaktionskassenbestand von Euro-Münzen in Deutschland betrug im Jahr 2011 nach Schätzungen mit der saisonalen Methode 2,3 Mrd. €, was etwa 36 % des gesamten deutschen (von der Deutschen Bundesbank emittierten) Euro-Münzumlaufs entspricht. 76 % dieses Transaktionskassenbestandes...

Conventional money demand specifications in the euro area have become unstable since 2001. We specify a money demand equation in deviations of individual euro area Member States variables from the euro area average and show that the income elasticity as well as the interest rate semi-elasticity...

We analyze if and to what extent fundamental macroeconomic factors, temporary influences or more structural factors have contributed to the low levels of US bond yields over the last few years. For that purpose, we start with a general model of interest rate determination. The empirical part...