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AI and the future of central banking

· Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank (Germany)

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ContextWelcome address by Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the conference "Artificial Intelligence and the future of central banking", jointly hosted by SUERF ( The European Money and Finance Forum ) and the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main, 9 December 2025.

Why it mattersThe Bundesbank President on how central banks themselves can use AI, and on the need for explainable models.

Problems raised
  1. AI could transform central banking.
  2. AI models can be hard to explain.
  3. AI has uncertain economic effects.
Solutions proposed
  1. Use machine learning to detect inflation and labour shifts faster.
  2. Invest in explainable AI methods.
  3. Study AI's economic implications.
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