Tammo Diemer on weak demand for Bunds, the repo market and EU joint debt

Burhan Khadbai, head of content at OMFIF’s Sovereign Debt Institute, sits down with Tammo Diemer, member of the management board at Deutsche Finanzagentur, to discuss the unprecedented volatility and challenges facing the German government bond market. Diemer discusses the weak demand facing Bunds – including the recent seven-year auction and 30-year syndication – the Finanzagentur’s decision to tap bonds to use in the repo market, joint EU debt to fund the energy crisis, the performance of Germany’s green bonds and the outlook for 2023.