Attitude to the price rise (price rise tolerance) •  The perception DI of present price levels appears to be inversely related to the price rise tolerance DI (Chart 13). Namely, whenever households believe that present price levels have increased compared with one year earlier, the price rise tolerance DI tends to drop or the attitude to the price rise becomes negative.
The Bundesbank’s payment systems worked without a hitch and the credit institutions participating in the test in Germany reported that their tests had been conducted successfully. We are therefore able to say with a clear conscience that payments in Germany are ready for the Year 2000.