Housing prices continued to rise in 2017. Price exaggerations in German towns and cities were between 15% and 30% and in the big cities they were as high as 35%, according to the latest Bundesbank Monthly Report.

The finance ministers and central bank governors of the G20 countries will be meeting in Baden-Baden on 17 and 18 March. Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann will report on the outcomes of the meeting at a press conference to be held afterwards.

Households’ financial assets grew by €159 billion to €7,325 billion in the second quarter of 2021. Alongside the transaction-related increase in financial assets (acquisition of financial assets), valuation gains on shares and investment fund shares played a significant role.

According to figures from the Federal Statistical Office, in the first quarter of 2017 the German economy grew by 0.6% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. Based on provisional calculations, positive contributions came from both domestic and foreign demand.

The Bundesbank believes that the German economy is likely to have picked up significant momentum in the first quarter. These are the findings of the Bundesbank's April Monthly Report. Both sentiment indicators and "hard" economic data paint a favourable picture, the Bundesbank economists report.

Germany’s net external assets have been rising more or less continuously for years and came to €1.8 trillion at the end of 2017. The increase largely reflects Germany’s current account surpluses during this period, according to the Bundesbank’s latest Monthly Report.

Loans for house purchase are experiencing a marked upswing in Germany. Bundesbank analyses and a Eurosystem survey of banks both show that this credit growth is being driven by greater demand. Fears that the increase could have been precipitated by looser credit standards therefore have not solidified.