External sector
External sector statistics provide information on a country’s economic relationships with the rest of the world. The data on external transactions and stocks form an important basis for economic policy decisions.
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German balance of payments in February 2024
The German current account recorded a surplus of €29.8 billion in February 2024, up €1.8 billion on the previous month’s level. Although the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, declined, the surplus in the goods account grew by an even wider margin.
Update of the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6)
Further press releases on the external sector