PANDEMIC: Bundesbank President Weidmann cautions against never-ending coronavirus aid Interview for the Funke media group newspapers
(WorldNews Denmark)

Jens Weidmann was interviewed by Jochen Gaugele and Kerstin Münstermann. Mr Weidmann, how has the Bundesbank fared over the first few months of the pandemic? Fairly well, all told. We did not have many cases of COVID-19. The transition to virtual collaboration has worked well. In some ways, it`s even made us more efficient. There`s no need to spend large amounts of time travelling to appointments, for instance. That said, we are increasingly missing direct, personal interaction and realising how important it ultimately is for our work. Money is being printed as normal? The cash supply had to keep running smoothly even under these difficult conditions. Of course, that`s not really a job our...