Bundesbank’s external position stood at €807 billion at the end of June 2025, with claims from the TARGET2 payment system worth €1051 billion making up around 71 % of total assets. These are followed by international reserves, comprising gold and foreign exchange reserves, including the special drawing rights allocated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which account for a total of 20 % of assets. At 84 %, issuance of euro cash accounted for the bulk of liabilities. Deposits of non-euro area residents amount to 8 % of foreign liabilities.

At the initiative of the European Commission, a €2 commemorative coin with a single national design was issued by all the member states of the euro area on 2 January 2012 to mark the tenth anniversary of the introduction of euro banknotes and coins.

Germany’s gross external debt amounted to €6.6 trillion at the end of the first quarter 2025; relative to gross domestic product (GDP) it increased in the period under review.

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The external assets of the banks (more than 2 trillion euros) are significantly higher than the external liabilities.

The Basel framework encompasses all applicable standards issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The Bundesbank played a substantial part in formulating all of these standards.

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