Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €28.2 billion in December 2020, up €6.9 billion from the previous month’s level. Although the goods account surplus decreased, the surplus in invisible current transactions – comprising the services account as well as primary and secondary income – increased to a much greater degree.

Germany’s outward immediate and indirect foreign direct investment (FDI) was up by €48 billion at the end of 2019 to €1,372 billion. The ranking of individual recipient countries remained broadly unchanged: almost 30%, or €391 billion worth, of all German FDI went to the United States, which was once again number one.

Der EZB-Rat hat heute beschlossen, die drei Leitzinssätze der EZB um jeweils 50 Basispunkte anzuheben, und aufgrund der erheblich nach oben korrigierten Inflationsaussichten gehen wir davon aus, dass wir sie weiter erhöhen werden. 

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €6.5 billion in May 2020, putting it €2.6 billion below its level in April.