Haushalt: Risiko statt Dividende – so soll die KfW zum Etat beitragen
Die Bundesregierung wollte in den Jahren 2027 und 2028 Gewinne von der Förderbank KfW abschöpfen. Dazu hätte sie aber ein Gesetz ändern müssen. Nun zeichnet sich eine Alternative ab.
The German government has apparently abandoned its plans to draw on profits from the state-funded development bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), for the upcoming budget. This would have required amending a law that currently prohibits profit distributions from KfW. Instead, KfW is to mitigate the budget's strain by taking on the risks from loans it issued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to documents reviewed by the Handelsblatt, the development bank will assume these risks in the coming year, thus relieving the 2027 budget of a €519 million burden. This risk transfer is part of a broader effort for the bank to ramp up its own funding programs to further reduce the federal budget's strain.
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