Die Leistungsbilanz wies in den vier Quartalen bis zum ersten Quartal 2021 einen Überschuss in Höhe von 285 Mrd € (2,5 % des BIP im Euroraum) auf, verglichen mit einem Überschuss von 247 Mrd € (2,1 % des BIP) ein Jahr zuvor.

The Deutsche Bundesbank calculates the basic rate of interest in pursuant to statutory requirements and publishes its current level in the Federal Gazette. 

From 1990 to 1998, Otmar Issing was the Bundesbank’s chief economist. As chief economist at the European Central Bank (ECB), he was responsible for crafting the ECB Governing Council’s monetary policy strategy. Speaking at an academic colloquium to mark Mr Issing’s 85th birthday, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said that Mr Issing had shaped the landscape of monetary policy in Europe like few others.