Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €18.6 billion in September 2025, up €9.1 billion on the previous month’s level. This was mainly caused by a larger goods account surplus. Another reason was the shift to a surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.

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Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat vor Kurzem die Überprüfung ihres Risikokontrollrahmens für besicherte Kreditgeschäfte abgeschlossen. Damit soll sichergestellt werden, dass der Risikokontrollrahmen weiterhin die Risikoabsicherung, Konsistenz und Risikoäquivalenz über alle Sicherheitenkategorien hinweg gewährleistet

The total environmental impact per person of a year’s worth of average cash payments in the euro area is very low. According to the ECB study, it is equivalent to driving a standard car for eight kilometres. The Eurosystem is committed to making euro banknotes as environmentally friendly as possible, whilst ensuring cash is widely available and accepted.

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“Further reform of the debt brake is right and necessary. In its current form, it cannot safeguard sound government finances or the EU rules,” said Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel in an interview with “Der Spiegel”. Topics covered included the Bundesbank’s current proposal for a reform of the debt brake, the digital euro and Germany’s economic growth.

Mit dem akkreditierten Bachelor-Studium der Betriebswirtschaft bieten wir Dir – in Kooperation mit der Hochschule in Mainz – einen grundlegenden wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Berufseinstieg.

The Bundesbank plays a pivotal role in the cash cycle. It issues new banknotes and coins, as well as removing unfit banknotes and coins from circulation.

As of 10 October 2019, the German Federal government will issue a german €2 commemorative collector’s coin marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The mint condition coins can be purchased at all Bundesbank branches as they become available.

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In its role as fiscal agent of the Federal Government the Bundesbank fulfills different tasks related to the issuance and settlement of Federal securities.