The European sovereign debt crisis was characterised by the fact that some euro area countries, owing to their high levels of debt – caused in part by efforts to counter the consequences of the global financial crisis – experienced difficulties refinancing their debt and, in some cases, lost access to capital market funding. In order to protect monetary policy transmission and safeguard sufficient liquidity provision for the financial system, the ECB Governing Council adopted various non-standard measures during the course of the crisis that went beyond the scope of the usual operational framework at that time.

German enterprises constitute net debtors vis-à-vis non-residents: Standing at €1,770 billion at the end of September 2024, their liabilities arising from financial operations and trade credits, exceeded their corresponding assets of €1414 billion by €356 billion. Compared with the previous month, this is a change of €16 billion.

Financial operations with foreign non-banks are of particular importance here, while those with foreign banks play a secondary role. The first group accounts for 75% of claims and 86% of liabilities. At 22% and 16% respectively, the share of trade credits in these total figures remains comparatively small.

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Since September 2024: Director General Procurement

Die Bruttoemissionen am deutschen Rentenmarkt lagen im September 2024 mit 132,4 Mrd € über dem Wert des Vormonats (113,5 Mrd €). Nach Berücksichtigung der Tilgungen und der Eigenbestandsveränderungen der Emittenten stieg der Umlauf heimischer Rentenwerte um 13,2 Mrd € (August: 7,5 Mrd €). Ausländische Titel wurden für netto 18,1 Mrd € am deutschen Markt untergebracht, sodass der Umlauf von in- und ausländischen Schuldverschreibungen in Deutschland im Ergebnis um 31,3 Mrd € zunahm.

Germany’s current account recorded a surplus of €22.6 billion in September 2024, up €5.5 billion on the previous month’s level. This was caused by the larger surplus in the goods account and especially by the shift to a surplus in invisible current transactions, which comprise services as well as primary and secondary income.