Press releases
Here is a list of the Deutsche Bundesbank’s current press releases.
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German balance of payments in July 2026
Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €21.2 billion in July 2026. The result was €2.3 billion up on the level of the previous month. This was mainly due to a larger goods account surplus. By contrast, there was a decrease in the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.
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German balance of payments in June 2026
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Germany’s current account posted a surplus of €19.0 billion in June 2026, up €10.1 billion on the previous month’s level. This was mainly attributable to the swing to a surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income. There was also a higher surplus in the goods account.
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German balance of payments in May 2026
Germany's current account recorded a surplus of €10.4 billion in May 2026. The figure was €6.2 billion lower than the previous month's level.
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German balance of payments in April 2026
In April 2026, Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €13.8 billion, down €10.7 billion on the previous month’s level. This was attributable to lower surpluses in the goods account and in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.
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German balance of payments in March 2026
Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €23.6 billion in March 2026. This was €3.1 billion up on the previous month’s level. The goods account surplus decreased, but the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, increased more strongly.
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German balance of payments in February 2026
The German current account recorded a surplus of €20.0 billion in February 2026. This was €3.9 billion up on the previous month’s level.
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German balance of payments in January 2026
Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €17.1 billion in January 2026, slightly down on the previous month’s level. Although the surplus in the goods account increased, the surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, declined slightly more sharply.
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German balance of payments in November 2025
Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €15.1 billion in November 2025, up €0.3 billion on the previous month’s level. Although the surplus in the goods account decreased, the swing to a surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income, was slightly stronger.
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German balance of payments in October 2025
Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €14.8 billion in October 2025, down €1.0 billion on the previous month’s level.
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German balance of payments in August 2025
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.