Andreas Dombret: Boring banking? Opening statement by Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the panel discussion, organized by “Bündnis 90/Die Grünen”, Frankfurt am Main, 28 May 2013. * 1. *  *  Introduction  Let me start with some reflections on the slogan of today’s event, “Boring Banking”.
During the year there has been a focus on issues relating to monetary Policy Independence in response to the letter from the Minister of Finance clarifying the mandate of the Bank, as well as the recent New Growth Path document, in which reference was made to a looser monetary policy stance.