Banks

Within the framework of banking statistics, information on the assets and liabilities of all monetary financial institutions (MFIs) in Germany is collected on a monthly basis. In addition, more detailed information on important balance sheet items is obtained through quarterly surveys.

The aggregated figures enter - as the main purpose of their collection - into the German contribution to the balance sheet of the euro-area MFI sector. The extensive set of figures is also used for the purpose of presenting the whole scope of banking business in Germany. Hence important balance sheet items, such as loans, are broken down by economic sector, branch and maturity.

The statistics of the banks' profit and loss accounts give data on the income and expenditure of MFIs on an annual basis. The results are regularly published and analysed - usually in September - in an article in the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report, in order to give an overview of the performance of the German banking sector.

Since the reporting year 2007, information regarding payment transactions carried out by bank customers has been collected on an annual basis from all monetary financial institutions in Germany as part of the payments statistics. The results are presented in various tables as “Statistics on Payments and Securities Trading, Clearing and Settlement in Germany 2007 and 2008 (as at August 2009)”.

The figures of the monthly balance sheet statistics, the quarterly borrowers’ statistics, the annual statistics of the banks' profit and loss accounts and the annual payments statistics are shown in numerous tables and corresponding time series.