Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €17.1 billion in January 2026, slightly down on the previous month’s level. Although the surplus in the goods account increased, the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, declined slightly more sharply. 

Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich erfüllen? Wie bewerbe ich mich und wie ist das Auswahlverfahren strukturiert? Hier finden Sie die Antworten auf Ihre Fragen.

To leverage new data sources in the field of sustainable finance, the Bundesbank uses innovative technologies. For example, in cooperation with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, artificial intelligence is being used in the project “Greenhouse Gas Insights and Sustainability Tracking” (GIST) to extract sustainability information from unstructured public sources and make it usable for statistical purposes.

Here you can find a wide range of information that is particularly useful for new participants, as well as the TARGET registration form, which must be completed for the initial registration but also for any subsequent amendments.

Nach eingehender Prüfung der Stellungnahmen zum zweiten Entwurf vom 24.06.2009 konnten am 14.08.2009 die offizielle Neufassung
der MaRisk veröffentlicht werden zu können.

The Deutsche Bundesbank calculates the basic rate of interest pursuant to Section 247(1) of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) and publishes its current level in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) pursuant to Section 247(2) of the German Civil Code.