The Appendix also contains several other charts, tables, and figures related to the Reserve Bank’s capital proposals.
Although foreign trade is currently being hampered by dampening global dynamics, it is simultaneously being buoyed by the euro’s depreciation and the strengthening cyclical recovery in the euro area. The Bundesbank’s economists expect Germany’s real GDP to grow by 1.7% this year, 1.8% in 2016 and 1.5% in 2017.