“The coronavirus pandemic and the measures taken to contain it have plunged the German economy into a severe recession,” according to the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report. At present, it is all but impossible to tell with any degree of certainty how large the decline in overall economic activity will eventually be, the Monthly Report states

Im Februar 2020 wies die Leistungsbilanz des Euro-Währungsgebiets einen Überschuss von 40 Mrd € auf (nach 32 Mrd € im Vormonat).

Monetary policy framework