Recently industrial production was a little bit better than before. We have seen the Ifo Institute of Germany releasing better index than was foreseen.
01/12/2020  Shaping the future – Challenges in the European payments market | Deutsche Bundesbank  Shaping the future – Challenges in the European payments market Speech at the virtual conference “Future of Payments in Europe” 27.11.2020 | Virtual Event | Jens Weidmann  1 Introduction  2 Opportunities and risks of retail CBDCs  2.1 Potential beneﬁts  2.2 Curbing the risks  3 Other innovative payment solutions  3.1 Instant payments  3.2 Cross-border payments  3.3 Token-based solutions  4 Concluding remarks  1 Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you all to our virtual conference on the “Future of Payments in Europe”.