Financial System of Germany

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,0, University of East London, course: International Financial Markets and Institutions, language: English, abstract: Germany is a central European country with fourth largest economy in the world after the US, Japan and China. It has 82 million consumers and has a nominal GDP of $ 3.352 trillion. Financial system in Germany is a traditional banks based system. Firms still rely on banks instead of capital markets.

In this paper we will analyze the banking system of Germany, its main institutional investors, the Stock and Bond markets and finally the affects of financial crisis in financial sectors and the implementation of Basel II nationally.