Press release No. 375 of 19 October 2016
WIESBADEN – The financial assets of the overall public budget (Federation, Länder, municipalities/associations of municipalities and social security funds, including all extra budgets) in the non-public sector amounted to 555.5 billion euros at the end of 2015. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the financial assets increased by 3.1%, or 16.6 billion euros, compared with the revised results as at 31 December 2014.
The non-public sector comprises credit institutions and the remaining domestic (for instance private businesses) and non-domestic sector.