These national public finance statistics contain data on the budgetary developments of central, state and local government, the social security funds and general government according to the definition in the German public finance statistics, which is largely based on transactions booked in the budgets.

Real interest rates are interest rates that have been adjusted for developments in purchasing power. They are broadly calculated as the difference between the nominal interest rate and the inflation rate (in the case of low interest rates and relatively stable prices).

Central banks require information on the behaviour patterns of economic agents in the money-issuing and money-holding sectors of the economy to be able to conduct monetary policy.

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