The balance of payments records all economic transactions between residents and non-residents within a given time period and thus shows a country’s complex economics links with the rest of the world.

In T2 there are two regular releases scheduled per year – one on the second weekend of June and one on the third weekend of November. The dates are synchronised with the releases in T2S (June and November). The respective release notes for the production and test environment can be found here.

since 1 September 2024: 
President of the Regional Office in Hesse

The external position of banks shows the assets and liabilities of banks in Germany and their foreign branches and subsidiaries vis-à-vis non-residents. The microdatabase is based on the individual monthly reports of all German banks dating back to March 2002.

Die Finanzsanktionen gegen Republik Moldau dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.

The main and longer-term refinancing operations are conducted in accordance with an indicative calendar published by the Eurosystem.

“Economic output in Germany is likely to have increased slightly in the first quarter of 2025, but could suffer a setback in the second quarter,” the Bundesbank writes in its latest Monthly Report. Construction and industrial output, for instance, were up recently. Retail sales also continued to grow in January and February. However, according to the Bundesbank’s economists, the outlook for the second quarter is gloomy, not least given the US administration’s tariff policy.

Die Finanzsanktionen gegen bestimmte Personen, Organisationen und Einrichtungen angesichts der Lage in der Ukraine dienen der Durchführung von Maßnahmen der Europäischen Union.

The main tasks of the expert panel are promoting dialogue on the activities of international working groups and to provide a platform for exploring industry-wide issues.

The main refinancing operations, with a weekly frequency and a maturity of one week, are the most important monetary policy instrument used by the Eurosystem for money market management.

“This is one of the most important Spring Meetings,” Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said at a press breakfast with Germany’s acting Federal Finance Minister Jörg Kukies on the occasion of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. “We know what we’ve got, and what we’ve had, with the IMF and the World Bank. Multilateralism is a core element of the global economic order.”

The Eurosystem conducts monthly longer-term refinancing basic tender operations with a three-month maturity in order to steady the supply of liquidity and to assist banks which are active in the money market in the security of their operations.

Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hat heute die unverbindlichen Kalender für die regulären Tenderoperationen und die Mindestreserve-Erfüllungsperioden (MEPs) des Eurosystems im Jahr 2026 veröffentlicht.

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The branches of the Bundesbank supply the economy with euro banknotes and coins, and offers private customers the opportunity to exchange D-Mark banknotes and coins free-of-charge and with no fixed deadline.

Das Projekt Meridian FX liefert den Nachweis, dass Infrastrukturen für Großbetragszahlungen, wie beispielsweise Echtzeit-Brutto-Abwicklungssysteme (RTGS), mithilfe neuer Technologien interagieren können, um Devisentransaktionen durchzuführen. In dem gemeinsamen Projekt der Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich (BIZ), der Bank of England, der Banque de France, der Banca d’Italia, der Deutschen Bundesbank und der Europäischen Zentralbank wurde untersucht, wie Devisentransaktionen synchronisiert abgewickelt werden können.

In the first quarter of 2025, firms again considered the high level of regulation and government rules to be their greatest challenge in the short term. In March, this was considered to be the greatest challenge by 69% of firms, followed by the poor availability of workers, which was considered to be a serious problem by 55% of firms. In the first quarter of 2025, between 48% and 52% of firms believed high energy prices would be problematic for them going forward. Around 38% of firms said that competitive pressure would pose a challenge over the next six months. By contrast, around 32% believed this would not be a problem for them. 

In the first quarter of 2025, firms’ assessments of the development of various metrics over the past 12 months were similar to their responses of the previous quarter. When asked how their short-term liquidity had changed over the past 12 months, 34% of firms responded that it had decreased and 21% said that it had increased (previous quarter: 33% and 20%, respectively). The spread between the two figures thus remained unchanged, at 13 percentage points.