The monetary policy turnaround shaped the Bundesbank’s balance sheet last year. The profit and loss account for 2022 reported a distributable profit of zero.

At the end of 2019, Germany’s net external assets stood at €2,472 billion, thus amounting to almost 72% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP). The German net external asset position rose by €345 billion year-on-year.

The Bundesbank posted a profit of €1 billion for the 2016 financial year, representing a year-on-year fall of €2.2 billion. Speaking at the press conference on the annual accounts, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann attributed this to higher risk provisioning. Distributable profit in 2016 amounted to €0.4 billion.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €24.0 billion in December 2024, up €2.1 billion on the previous month’s level. The surplus in the goods account decreased sharply, but the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, increased more strongly.

Gebühren für 2020 in Höhe von 514,3 Mio € ergeben sich aus tatsächlichen Ausgaben von 535,3 Mio € abzüglich des Überschusses aus 2019 und anderer Anpassungen. Neupriorisierung von Aufgaben infolge der Covid-19-Pandemie bei weitgehend gleichbleibenden Kosten gegenüber 2019. Nach Umstellung auf nachträgliche Inrechnungstellung zahlen Banken die Gebühren erst im zweiten Quartal 2021.

Germany’s net international investment position stood at €2,073 billion at the end of 2018, thus amounting to around 62% of nominal gross domestic product. The German net external asset position rose by €281 billion year-on-year.