Jens Weidmann has decided to step down after a decade as head of Germany’s central bank in a move that comes only weeks after the country’s general election and shortly before a crucial decision on the future of eurozone monetary policy.
Since he joined the Bundesbank, Weidmann has been one of the most vocal critics of the ultra-loose monetary policy pursued by the European Central Bank, where he fought an often lonely battle against its bond-buying and negative interest rate policies.
Weidmann told Bundesbank employees in a letter that he had decided to step down at the end of the year, adding: “I have come to believe that more than 10 years is a good time to start a new chapter — for the Bundesbank, but also for me personally.”
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