The financial accounts summarise financial flows in the economy and thereby contribute to the picture provided by the national accounts, which focus on the real economy. Among other things, they show whether, on balance, financial resources were taken up or made available and in what form (eg loans or shares).

The securities holdings statistics provide a picture of the structure of securities held in Germany.

The outstanding amounts of assets and liabilities resulting from the Bundesbank's financial accounts can be presented in the form of financial balance sheets for the institutional sectors.

Information about the PHF panel.

Germany’s current account posted a surplus of €18.6 billion in June 2025, up €11.1 billion on the previous month’s level. This was mainly attributable to the swing to a surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income. Moreover, the surplus in the goods account increased somewhat.

Die zweite Staffel startet mit einem besonders aktuellen Thema. Der Unabhängigkeit von Zentralbanken. Wieder dabei ist Moderator Yannick. In der ersten Folge erklärt Yannick, warum die Unabhängigkeit der Bundesbank wichtig für alle ist. Gleich zum Auftakt gibt es auch zwei neue Rubriken. In „Mythos oder Realität“ können die Zuschauenden mitraten, welche Aussagen stimmen oder vielleicht ein Mythos sind. Und in „was einmal war“ taucht Moderator Yannick in die Geschichte ein. Denn die Hyperinflation in der Weimarer Rubik ist ein gutes Beispiel dafür, wozu politische Einflussnahme führen kann. Die Zahl der Woche darf auch in der neuen Staffel nicht fehlen. Diesmal ist es die 1957.

The statistics on the money markets is on money market transactions, namely on secured, unsecured and certain derivatives money market transactions, concluded by monetary financial institutions (MFIs), with the exception of money market funds.

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The National Accounts (SNA) describe in a quantitative manner the economic situation of a regional unit within a specified period.

The monthly balance sheet statistics list domestic banks (MFIs)' assets and liabilities based on the books at the end of the month. They thus represent the most comprehensive statistical survey of the banking industry in Germany and are at the core of the banking statistics reporting system.

The Research Data and Service Centre (RDSC) provides two forms of access to selected microdata collected by the Bundesbank.

The PHF is a representative survey of German households comprising both a panel and a refresher component. The panel structure mimics that of the [U.S.] Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). All households are re-contacted, and all individuals tracked. The intended survey frequency is three years.

During the PHF's first wave in 2010‑2011 a net sample of 3,565 randomly selected households was collected. In subsequent waves interviews were conducted with 4,461 households (2014), 4,942 households (2017) and 4,119 households (2021). Almost half of the households in wave two took part for the second time. Two thirds of households who participated in wave three had already taken part in a previous wave. In wave four, the share of interviews with panel households in the total number of interviews reached 83 %. The fifth wave started in spring 2023.

The survey is based on a stratified design. To better measure the distribution of wealth in Germany, wealthy households are oversampled on the basis of micro-geographical information.

The purpose of prudential liquidity regulations is to ensure that institutions are liquid at all times. Quantitative provisions for liquidity were introduced into European law for the first time by the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR, Regulation (EU) No 575/2013), in keeping with the Basel liquidity framework. The two Basel minimum standards (LCR, NSFR) and the additional monitoring metrics (AMM) were implemented by means of appropriate implementing technical standards and/or revised by Regulation (EU) 2019/876, which amended the CRR.

To collateralise all credit operations, the Eurosystem requires counterparties to provide adequate eligible assets in accordance with Article 18.1 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Assets need to fulfil a number of criteria to be accepted as eligible collateral by the Eurosystem. 

Das Frankfurter Konzert steht ganz im Zeichen der Vielfalt Europas. Das hr-Sinfonieorchester spielt populäre und klassische Werke. Die hr-Bigband eröffnet unter Mitwirkung von Wolfgang Haffner und Shantel das Konzert. Die EZB ist mit einem Infostand vertreten.

Die EZB hat den Newsletter „Die Funken löschen, bevor es brennt: Krisen im Kreditgeschäft gut in den Griff bekommen“ zum Targeted Review on SME credit risk veröffentlicht. Dieser gibt einen Überblick darüber, wie Banken in Europa, insbesondere in Deutschland, auf potenzielle Kreditkrisen vorbereitet sind. Im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung standen Kreditvergaben an kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU).

Ein internationales Team, eine innovative Idee und ein spannender Austausch: Anita und ihr Team diskutieren mit Partnern aus Italien und Frankreich über die Container-Lösung. Zwischen kulturellen Feinheiten, technischen Herausforderungen und strategischen Überlegungen wird klar: Der Weg zu einer Entscheidung ist komplex, aber vielversprechend. Wird der Proof of Concept Realität? Und wie gelingt es, alle Beteiligten an Bord zu holen?

The Bundesbank has a dedicated credit assessment system to assess the credit quality of debtors of non-marketable assets. Credit assessment goes back a long way at the Bundesbank. Counterparties can use the Bank's credit assessment to determine an enterprise's or debtor's eligibility in the context of their monetary policy operations.

Am deutschen Aktienmarkt wurden im Berichtsmonat neue Aktien für 5,1 Mrd € begeben. Der Umlauf ausländischer Aktien in Deutschland stieg um 4,1 Mrd €. Erworben wurden Dividendenwerte im Juni im Ergebnis durch inländische Nichtbanken (8,6 Mrd €) und heimische Kreditinstitute (2,0 Mrd €). Ausländische Investoren trennten sich hingegen per saldo von hiesigen Dividendenwerten (1,4 Mrd €).

This section provides information on the various Eurosystem testing procedures.

The certificate is signed with the SHA-256 algorithm by the Bundesbank Root CA 2015 II and is valid for six years.

Münzen können von Bargeldgeschäftspartnern seit 2015 nur noch in Normcontainern bei uns eingezahlt werden.

Mit der wissenschaftlichen Studie zur wirtschaftlichen Lage privater Haushalte in Deutschland will das Forschungszentrum der Deutschen Bundesbank ein Bild der Situation privater Haushalte in Deutschland gewinnen.

Fragen und Antworten zur Studie zur wirtschaftlichen Lage privater Haushalte

The Remuneration Regulation for Institutions aims to ensure that remuneration systems are appropriate and transparent and are geared towards the institution’s sustainable development.

 (Remuneration Ordinance for Institutions - InstitutsVergV)

The banks' loans (without securities) to domestic enterprises and households reported in the monthly balance sheet statistics (BISTA) are further broken down by sector in the quarterly borrowers statistics. These statistics provide an insight into the structure of and developments in the lending business with the most important groups of private borrowers. The data have been collected and published on the basis of the Federal Statistical Office's industrial classification system. Data dating back to 1999 are available for research purposes.