Central banks base their monetary policy on balance sheet data from banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, as well as from households, businesses, and parts of the government. These reports provide important information about behavior and developments in the respective sectors.

The transaction values data are available exclusively as direct FDI data. This means that the data can only show direct holdings of more than 10 % in affiliated enterprises. It is not possible to collect data on direct investment c

Germany’s net international investment position (i.i.p.) rose by €205.6 billion in 2025.

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Explanatory notes

Under the European budgetary surveillance procedure, EU member states are obliged to submit data on general government deficit and debt levels to the European Commission twice a year.

Pursuant to ESA 2010, the fiscal policy activities of the EU institutions at a national level are not included in the government sector account.

These national public finance statistics contain data on the budgetary developments of central, state and local government, the social security funds and general government according to the definition in the German public finance statistics, which is largely based on transactions booked in the budgets.

In der jüngsten Umfrage über den Zugang von Unternehmen im Euroraum zu Finanzmitteln (SAFE) für das erste Quartal 2026 berichteten die Unternehmen von einem Anstieg der Zinssätze für Bankkredite (per saldo 26 % nach 12 % im Vorquartal).

The German current account recorded a surplus of €20.0 billion in February 2026. This was €3.9 billion up on the previous month’s level.