To simplify the process of meeting reporting deadlines, reporting dates are to be harmonised.

General government debt in Germany increased by €144 billion in 2025 to €2.84 trillion. Central government debt, including its off-budget entities, grew by €107 billion. The debt ratio, meaning the ratio of debt to nominal gross domestic product (GDP), rose by 1.3 percentage points to 63.5 %.

Frequently asked questions about the digital euro.

Here you can find a wide range of information that is particularly useful for new participants, as well as the TARGET registration form, which must be completed for the initial registration but also for any subsequent amendments.

To leverage new data sources in the field of sustainable finance, the Bundesbank uses innovative technologies. For example, in cooperation with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, artificial intelligence is being used in the project “Greenhouse Gas Insights and Sustainability Tracking” (GIST) to extract sustainability information from unstructured public sources and make it usable for statistical purposes.