Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €8.3 billion in August 2025, down €7.3 billion on the previous month’s level. This was mainly caused by the smaller surplus in the goods account and the shift to a deficit in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income. 

Britta Weinmann is the Bundesbank’s new representative at the German embassy in Moscow. Ms Weinmann, who worked in banking supervision at the Bank’s Regional Office in Hesse prior to this, took over her new role on 1 August from Sven Redel

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €12.5 billion in October 2024, down €8.8 billion on the previous month’s level. This was caused by the smaller surplus in the goods account and especially by the shift to a deficit in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.

At the Second Forum Bundesbank in Madrid, experts discussed Germany’s economic challenges, the impact of current US trade policy and the potential trajectory of the European economy. International dialogue was promoted by the presence of high-level participants.

After a break of three years, the bilateral meeting, the 16th of its kind, took place with colleagues from the Bank of Korea in Frankfurt on 3 and 4 November 2022.