February 12, 2012, 22:12 CET
Micro data
Microdatabase Direct investment (MiDi)
The Bundesbank has been collating annual statistics on foreign direct investment stocks (DI) in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) since 1976.
For several years, the importance of the database for research purposes has been growing in view of the progressive globalisation of the German economy. An active research network of Bundesbank and non-Bundesbank experts has become established, which analyses and publishes research on key issues connected with direct investment.
This research is based mainly on the “Microdatabase Direct investment” (MiDi). This database contains anonymised individual reports from 1989 onwards and is available as a panel data set from 1996. These data are regularly evaluated in the Bundesbank’s Special Statistical Publications .
The Bundesbank organises a workshop on this subject once a year, where members of our FDI network can present new contributions compiled on the basis of these data. In addition, Bundesbank specialists inform participants of new developments to the data set.
Corporate balance sheets (Ustan)
Its refinancing business gives the Bundesbank access to the financial statements of non-financial companies. These flow into the Financial Statements Data Pool, which is the database used for regular statistical analyses of German companies’ earnings and financing situation. Data are currently available for the period from 1987 to 2005 and may – with certain limitations – be supplemented with information for the years from 1972 to 1986. The financial statements data gleaned from the refinancing business can also be used for research purposes.
Bank data
External position of banks
The external position of banks shows the assets and liabilities of banks in Germany and their foreign branches and subsidiaries vis-à-vis non-residents. The microdatabase is based on the individual monthly reports of all German banks dating back to January 2003.
The external position comprises the assets and liabilities of German banks vis-à-vis foreign banks, enterprises, households and governments. The microdatabase contains further breakdowns of assets by recipient country and original currency of the reported asset as well as by type and maturity of investment. It also contains domestic banks’ foreign currency assets and liabilities vis-à-vis residents.
Large credit micro database (MiMiK)
MiMiK contains information on individual credit relationships. It includes all loans of more than €1.5 million granted by banks in Germany to enterprises worldwide. It includes the size of the loan, information on the type of loan (on or off balance sheet) and provides various items of information on the lender (name, banking group) and borrower (name, address, legal form, sector, information on whether the company became insolvent). The database was launched in 1993.
Prudential information system (BAKIS)
BAKIS, the Bundesbank's prudential information system, contains data on banks within Germany, based both on the individual institution and banking groups. Data collated include the financial statements, quantitative audit reports and reports in connection with the Solvency and Liquidity Regulations. Electronic data go back to 1993. This information is supplemented by key data on the banks concerned (eg domicile, membership of a banking group, extraordinary events).
Monetary Interest Rate Statistics (MIR)
The euro-area interest rate statistics are collected as volume-weighted samples from about 200 banks. They focus on the interest rates applied by German domestic banks (MFIs) to the euro-denominated deposits and loans of households and non-financial corporations domiciled in the euro area. Information is collated on both amounts outstanding at the end of the month and new business within a month. Data are available from January 2003 onwards. For more information, see the interest-rate statistics on the reporting system websites or the website Interest rates, yields in the Statistics part.
Monthly balance sheet statistics (BISTA)
The monthly balance sheet statistics list domestic banks’ assets and liabilities based on the books at the end of the month. They thus represent the most comprehensive statistical survey of the banking industry in Germany and are at the core of the banking statistics reporting system.
The report consists of a balance sheet and additional annexes containing an analytically important breakdown of the balance sheet items by type, term and debtor and borrower sector. The survey forms also include a summary of the banks’ liabilities which are subject to minimum reserve requirements as well as the reserve requirements calculated on this basis. Like most banking statistics surveys, the reports on the monthly balance sheet statistics pursuant to section 25 of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz) also serve as the prudential returns for the supervisory authorities. Micro data are available from 1993 onwards.
Quarterly borrowers statistics
The banks’ loans to enterprises and households in Germany reported in the monthly balance sheet statistics (BISTA) are further broken down by sector in the quarterly borrowers statistics. These statistics provide an insight into the structure of and developments in the lending business with the most important groups of private borrowers. Since April 1995, the data have been collated and published on the basis of the Federal Statistical Office’s WZ 93 industrial classification system. Data dating back to 1992 are available for research purposes.
