Germany’s current account posted a surplus of €22.5 billion in June 2021, up €9.4 billion on the previous month’s level. This was attributable to an increase in the goods account balance and especially in the invisible current transactions balance comprising services as well as primary and secondary income.

In April 2021, Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €21.3 billion, down €8.7 billion on the previous month’s level. This was driven by the decrease in the goods account surplus and a narrowed surplus on invisible current transactions, comprising primary and secondary income as well as services. 

The German current account recorded a surplus of €18.8 billion in February 2021, up €1.1 billion from the previous month’s level. While the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, saw a decline, the surplus in the goods account rose more strongly.

Der EZB-Rat hat heute beschlossen, die drei Leitzinssätze der EZB um jeweils 75 Basispunkte anzuheben. Mit dieser dritten großen Leitzinserhöhung in Folge haben wir erhebliche Fortschritte bei der Rücknahme der geldpolitischen Akkommodierung erzielt. Wir haben den heutigen Beschluss gefasst – und gehen davon aus, dass wir die Zinsen weiter anheben werden –, um eine zeitnahe Rückkehr der Inflation auf das mittelfristige 2 %-Ziel zu gewährleisten. Wir werden den künftigen Leitzinspfad an der Entwicklung der Inflations- und Wirtschaftsaussichten ausrichten. Dabei folgen wir dem Ansatz, Zinsschritte von Sitzung zu Sitzung festzulegen.

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, euro area enterprises and households have not seen their debt situation deteriorate significantly. This is the conclusion reached by Bundesbank experts after examining developments in greater detail. “The expected normalisation of monetary policy will probably not unduly exacerbate the debt situation of non-financial corporations and households,” they also note in the current edition of the Bank’s Monthly Report

The German current account recorded a surplus of €30.2 billion in March 2021, up €11.5 billion on the previous month’s level. This was due to a considerable increase in the surplus on invisible current transactions, which comprise not only services but also primary and secondary income, as well as that in the goods account.