According to the Federal Statistical Office’s flash estimate, seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a quarter-on-quarter decline of 0.1 % in the second quarter, after still rising markedly in the previous two quarters. The Monthly Report states that after US tariffs were raised in April, industrial output and exports recorded a fall-off. While private consumption benefited from a sharp rise in wages, the labour market remained too weak to generate stronger momentum. The inflation rate fell distinctly in the second quarter.

On 22 January 2015, the ECB Governing Council announced the launch of an expanded asset purchase programme (APP).

Im Juni 2025 wies die Leistungsbilanz einen Überschuss von 36 Mrd. € auf (nach 32 Mrd. € im Vormonat).

Goethe University Frankfurt has appointed Bundesbank Executive Board member Fritzi Köhler-Geib as an honorary professor. Dr Köhler-Geib has been teaching master level courses in international and development economics/economic policy within the university’s economics and business department since 2021. She will continue to provide students on her courses, which focus on the intersection of financial markets and the real economy, with her practice-oriented perspective on policy measures to support economic growth and transformation processes.