At the Second Forum Bundesbank in Madrid, experts discussed Germany’s economic challenges, the impact of current US trade policy and the potential trajectory of the European economy. International dialogue was promoted by the presence of high-level participants.

The euro pavilion is located in Frankfurt’s city centre next to the Frankfurter Büro Center (FBC), which is the current location of the Bundesbank’s Central Office. The address is Mainzer Landstrasse 46, 60325 Frankfurt am Main. 

Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture 2025. To mark the occasion, the Regional Office in Saxony and Thuringia is organising a range of events at the Bundesbank’s Chemnitz branch. In addition to a coin exhibition and an art exhibition, there will be a panel discussion with Bundesbank Executive Board member Burkard Balz. 

In addition to the regularly recurring questions on enterprise metrics, expectations and access to loans, the Bundesbank frequently asks enterprises questions on various current issues. A selection of the results is presented here.

Monthly turnover data are available for industry and the retail trade sector. Quarterly time series are published for the services sector. The results for the retail trade are also included in the calculation of private consumption.

on the topic of balance of payments

“This is one of the most important Spring Meetings,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said at a press breakfast with Germany’s acting Federal Finance Minister Jörg Kukies on the occasion of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. “We know what we’ve got, and what we’ve had, with the IMF and the World Bank. Multilateralism is a core element of the global economic order.”