Long time series serve as a basis for analysing economic development over the longer term. The set of tables presented here gives an insight into German economic development since 1948.

As well as providing an international comparison of selected economic data, it includes a broad range of indicators from the following areas:

• Monetary and banking statistics data
• Money and capital market
• Domestic economy
• Labour market and wages
• Prices
• Enterprises
• External sector
• Exchange rates
• Loss of purchasing power of money

The data are available as annual values and are updated twice per calendar year.