Die aggregierten Kapitalquoten bedeutender Institute (d. h. der Banken, die von der EZB direkt beaufsichtigt werden) erhöhten sich im zweiten Quartal 2021 geringfügig.

At the end of December 2020, Germany’s net external assets stood at €2,077 billion, thus amounting to almost 62% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP). Both German claims and liabilities vis-à-vis non-residents continued to rise considerably in 2020.

Credit institutions are required to calculate, on a regular basis, the impact of a sudden and unexpected change in interest rates on their interest rate risk in the banking book and to report this to supervisors.