Ukrainian refugees to Germany. The current discussion is focused on whether the food banks can handle the increasing number of … data on food bank use has been available. Using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data, this Weekly Report presents new findings … and analyses on the number of food bank users and their socio-demographic distribution. According to the SOEP data, about …

Germany's capital market relies on bank-intermediated products and not so much on capital market processes. Two of the … pillars in Germany's three-pillar banking system, the savings banks and the cooperative banks, have special statutes and are … public guarantees. In the financing of firms, bank credits are far more important relative to market products - equity and …