Short-term indicators Economic and financial data for Germany

Date of latest update: 25 July 2024

The data shown on this page correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Germany has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

Real Sector (National Accounts, Production index, Employment/Unemployment, Wages/Earnings, Consumer prices, producer prices)
Fiscal Sector (General Government Operations, General Government Gross Debt, Central Government Operations, Central Government Debt)
Financial Sector (Depository corporations survey, Central Bank survey, Other Financial Corporations Survey, Financial Soundness Indicators, Debt securities, Interest rates, Stock market)
External Sector (Balance of payments, International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity, Merchandise trade, International Investment Position, External debt, Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey, Coordinated Direct Investment Survey, Currency Composition of Foreign, Exchange Reserves, Exchange rates)
Population

Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted.

Economic and financial data for Germany
SDDS Plus Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			% Change from previous period to latest period	% Change from same period last year to latest period	More information
SDDS Plus Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% Change from previous period to latest period	% Change from same period last year to latest period	Time series	SDMX-Files
1a: Seasonally and calendar adjusted (X13 JDemetra+). 1b: Calendar-adjusted (X13 JDemetra+). 2: Persons with place of residence in Germany. 3a: Persons in private households aged 15 to 74 years, German Labour Force Survey. 3b: Registered unemployed persons, Federal Labour Office, Germany. 4: Without extra payments. 5: (-) debt repayment; (+) borrowing. 6: From 2005 including cumulative assumption of FDE/LAG debt (German Unity Fund/Equalisation of Burdens Fund). 7: Data are not seasonally adjusted. Whilst latest data are deemed provisional, data for previous periods are final (if no substantial revisions were to occur). 9: Refers to assets vis-à-vis non-euro-area residents. 10: Refers to liabilities to non-euro-area residents. 11: Refers to banknotes in circulation and the following deposits of euro-area MFIs held with the Deutsche Bundesbank, denominated in euro: "current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)", "deposit facility", "fixed-term deposits", "fine-tuning reverse operations" and "deposits related to margin calls". 12: The Bundesbank is not allowed to grant credit to the public sector; the amounts shown in this category refer to "grandfathered"equalisation claims originating from the German currency reform in 1948. 13: Credit to the private sector is restricted to financial sector counterparties; there is no credit to non-financial (public) enterprises. 14: Refers to claims on non-euro area residents. 15: The data can be accessed by clicking on 'Auction result - Treasury discount paper (Unverzinsliche Schatzanweisungen "Bubills") of the Federal Republic of Germany' provided under 'Current press releases on Federal securities'. 16: End-of-period figures. 17: The Deutsche Bundesbank publishes the DAX index on a monthly basis only. More frequently updated data can be obtained from other sources. 18: Whilst the latest data are deemed provisional, data for previous periods are final unless substantial revisions occur. Furthermore, the data referring to the latest four years are revised every year in March. 19: Quoting percentage changes in net flows is not meaningful. 20: Including employee stock options. 21: Reserves are defined as foreign currency denominated claims on non-euro area residents plus gold, holdings of SDRs and the reserve position in the Fund. 22: Quoting percentage changes in (net) balances is not meaningful. 23: A quarterly IIP is being published from September 2005 onwards. 24: External Debt presents only a fraction of the overall financial relationships of Germany with other countries and is more than offset by Germany's external assets. 25: Population based on data from the 2011 Census. Reference date is end of the quarter. p: Preliminary results. r: Revised figures. . = numerical value unknown or not to be disclosed - = no figures or magnitude zero, no further information X = cell blocked for logical reasons
REAL SECTOR
National Accounts ^1a
Gross domestic product	Euro billions, at current prices	Q1/24	1,055.004	1,048.746	+0.6	+4.3	Destatis	SDMX
Private final consumption expenditure	Euro billions, at current prices	Q1/24	529.736	529.760	+0.0	+3.1
Government final consumption expenditure	Euro billions, at current prices	Q1/24	229.301	228.908	+0.2	+7.3
Gross fixed capital formation	Euro billions, at current prices	Q1/24	228.278	223.372	+2.2	+1.3
Exports of goods and services	Euro billions, at current prices	Q1/24	495.081	489.452	+1.2	-0.9
Imports of goods and services	Euro billions, at current prices	Q1/24	435.788	436.729	-0.2	-5.2
Gross domestic product	Euro billions, chain-linked volumes	Q1/24	816.407	814.667	+0.2	-0.2
Private final consumption expenditure	Euro billions, chain-linked volumes	Q1/24	423.234	424.997	-0.4	+0.3
Government final consumption expenditure	Euro billions, chain-linked volumes	Q1/24	177.223	177.983	-0.4	+1.6
Gross fixed capital formation	Euro billions, chain-linked volumes	Q1/24	163.693	161.770	+1.2	-0.9
Exports of goods and services	Euro billions, chain-linked volumes	Q1/24	406.688	402.322	+1.1	-1.4
Imports of goods and services	Euro billions, chain-linked volumes	Q1/24	360.172	357.970	+0.6	-2.6
Sectoral Balance Sheets							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Production Index in production industries ^1b ^p	2021=100	May/24	90.8	93.5	-2.9	-6.7	Destatis	SDMX
Employment ^1a ²	1,000	May/24	45,914	45,894	+0.0	X	Destatis	SDMX
Unemployment (ILO concept) ^3a	million	May/24	1.58	1.42	+11.3	+26.4	Destatis	SDMX
Unemployment (national concept) ^3b	1,000	Jun/24	2,727	2,723	+0.1	+6.7	Destatis	SDMX
Index of agreed monthly earnings ⁴	2020=100	Q1/24	107.4	106.0	+1.3	+2.8	Destatis	SDMX
Consumer price index	2020=100	Jun/24	119.4	119.3	+0.1	+2.2	Destatis	SDMX
Index of producer prices of industrial products (domestic sale)	2021=100	Jun/24	127.7	127.5	+0.2	-1.6	Destatis	SDMX
FISCAL SECTOR
General Government Operations							Destatis	SDMX
Transactions affecting net worth
Revenue	Euro millions	Q1/24	468,514	520,996	X	+4.5
Taxes	Euro millions	Q1/24	233,504	257,762	X	+1.4
Social contributions	Euro millions	Q1/24	177,850	191,920	X	+6.1
Grants	Euro millions	Q1/24	11,657	16,930	X	+7.9
Other revenue	Euro millions	Q1/24	45,503	54,384	X	+14.4
Expenses	Euro millions	Q1/24	471,278	520,968	X	+4.6
Compensation of emloyees	Euro millions	Q1/24	83,185	92,131	X	+8.5
Use of goods and services	Euro millions	Q1/24	63,940	78,976	X	+15.4
Consumption of fixed capital	Euro millions	Q1/24	28,730	28,188	X	+6.2
Interest	Euro millions	Q1/24	9,978	10,080	X	+49.7
Subsidies	Euro millions	Q1/24	9,647	17,014	X	-44.4
Grants	Euro millions	Q1/24	36,744	61,487	X	-8.7
Social benefits	Euro millions	Q1/24	267,715	261,201	X	+5.4
Other expenses	Euro millions	Q1/24	-28,661	-28,109	X	X
Net/gross operating balance	Euro millions	Q1/24	-2,764	28	X	X
Transactions in nonfinancial assets
Net acquisition of nonfinancial assets	Euro millions	Q1/24	22,296	31,675	X	+11.7
Fixed assets	Euro millions	Q1/24	22,453	32,566	X	+9.8
Change in inventories	Euro millions	Q1/24	134	-384	X	X
Valuables	Euro millions	Q1/24	4	-150	X	X
Nonproduced assets	Euro millions	Q1/24	-295	-357	X	X
Net lending/ borrowing	Euro millions	Q1/24	-25,060	-31,647	X	X
Transactions in financial assets and liablilities (Financing)
Net acquisition of financial assets	Euro millions	Q1/24	-14,115	-47,386	X	X
Domestic	Euro millions	Q1/24	-9,769	-56,610	X	X
Foreign	Euro millions	Q1/24	-4,346	9,224	X	X
Net incurrence of liabilities	Euro millions	Q1/24	15,622	-4,112	X	X
Domestic	Euro millions	Q1/24	-23,922	5,117	X	X
Foreign	Euro millions	Q1/24	39,544	-9,229	X	X
General Government Gross Debt							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Central Government Operations
Revenue	Euro billions	Jun/24	196.4	154.2	+27.4	+8.3	Federal Ministry of Finance	SDMX
Expenditure	Euro billions	Jun/24	220.0	183.2	+20.1	-4.0
Balance. Deficit/Surplus	Euro billions	Jun/24	-23.6	-29.0	-18.6	-50.6
Financing	Euro billions	Jun/24	23.6	29.0	-18.6	-50.6
Cash shortfall	Euro billions	Jun/24	-86.1	-97.1	-11.3	-56.6
Adjusted for revenue of coin	Euro billions	Jun/24	0.1	0.1	±0.0	±0.0
Net borrowing/Current financial market balance ⁵	Euro billions	Jun/24	-62.6	-68.2	-8.2	-58.4
Central Government Debt
Federal market resources6	Euro billions	Jun/24	1,648.1	1,641.7	+0.4	+2.9	Federal Ministry of Finance	SDMX
Residual maturity
short term (up to 1 year)	Euro billions	Jun/24	258.4	260.1	-0.7	-17.6
medium term (1 to 4 years)	Euro billions	Jun/24	452.7	459.9	-1.6	+19.1
long term (over 4 years)	Euro billions	Jun/24	937.1	921.7	+1.7	+3.3
Debt guaranteed by central government	Euro billions	Q2/24	737.7	745.9	-1.1	+0.6
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Depository corporations survey ⁷							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Money Stock M1 (from 2002, excluding currency in circulation)/ German contribution to the Euro Area			.	.	.	.
Money Stock M2 (from 2002, excluding currency in circulation)/ German contribution to the Euro Area			.	.	.	.
Money Stock M3 (from 2002, excluding currency in circulation)/ German contribution to the Euro Area			.	.	.	.
Domestic credit to General government / German contribution to the Euro Area	Euro billions	Jun/24	1,148.2	1,134.1	+1.2	-2.0
Domestic credit to the rest of the domestic economy / German contribution to the Euro Area	Euro billions	Jun/24	4,244.8	4,248.9	-0.1	+0.7
Assets vis-à-vis non-euro area residents/ German contribution to the Euro Area ⁹	Euro billions	Jun/24	1,566.2	1,573.2	-0.4	+9.3
Liabilities vis-à-vis non-euro area residents/German contribution to the Euro Area ¹⁰	Euro billions	Jun/24	1,015.4	1,001.7	+1.4	-7.7
Central bank survey ⁷ (Monthly financial statement of the Deutsche Bundesbank)							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Reserve money/ German contribution to the Euro Area ¹¹	Euro billions	Jun/24	1,512.8	1,508.9	+0.3	-5.1
Domestic credit to General government / German contribution to the Euro Area ¹²	Euro billions	Jun/24	4.4	4.4	±0.0	±0.0
Domestic credit to the rest of the domestic economy / German contribution to the Euro Area ¹³	Euro billions	Jun/24	24.9	33.6	-25.8	-82.8
Assets vis-à-vis non-euro area residents/ German contribution to the Euro Area ¹⁴	Euro billions	Jun/24	93.7	93.0	+0.8	+0.0
Liabilities vis-à-vis non-euro area residents/German contribution to the Euro Area ¹⁰	Euro billions	Jun/24	62.2	54.1	+15.0	-49.0
Other Financial Corporations Survey							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs)
Regulatory tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets (RWA)							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Regulatory tier 1 capital to assets
Nonperforming loans (NPLs) net of provisions to capital
Nonperforming loans to total gross loans
Return on assets
Liquid assets to short-term liabilities (or equivalent under the Basel Accords)
Residential real estate prices							Destatis	SDMX
House price index	2015=100	Q1/24	143.8	145.4	-1.1	-5.7
Price index for purchases of new dwellings	2015=100	Q1/24	141.6	143.3	-1.2	-3.1
Price index for purchases of existing dwellings	2015=100	Q1/24	144.2	145.8	-1.1	-6.2
Debt Securities							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Interest rates							Deutsche Bundesbank	-
Policy variable rates	%, annual rate	Current rates - Main refinancing interest rate (Eurosystem) - Deposit facility (Eurosystem) - Marginal lending facility rate (Eurosystem)
Short-term treasury discount papers ¹⁵	%, effective rate		.	.	.	.	-
Long-term government bond yields	%, annual rate		.	.	.	.	-
Stock market: DAX ¹⁶ ¹⁷							Deutsche Börse AG, Frankfurt / Main	-
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Balance of Payments							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity							Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Official reserve assets (total, Gross) ²¹	Euro millions	Jun/24	328,214	324,156	+1.3	+16.9
Foreign currency reserves	Euro millions	Jun/24	35,109	33,538	+4.7	+3.5
IMF reserves position	Euro millions	Jun/24	8,355	8,399	-0.5	-10.1
SDRs	Euro millions	Jun/24	49,858	49,501	+0.7	+2.6
Gold	Euro millions	Jun/24	234,891	232,717	+0.9	24.3
Other reserve assets	Euro millions	Jun/24	.	.	.	.
Reserves template	Euro millions	Jun/24	328,214	324,156	+1.3	+16.9	Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Merchandise trade								SDMX
Total exports (f.o.b.)	Euro millions	May/24	129,023	140,730	-8.3	-3.8	Destatis
Total imports (c.i.f.)	Euro millions	May/24	107,042	116,970	-8.5	-10.0	Destatis
International Investment Position
Quarterly International Investment Position (net) ²² ²³ ^r	Euro millions	Q1/24	3,071,444	2,893,083	.	.	Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
External Debt
External Debt ²⁴ ^r	Euro millions	Q1/24	6,212,304	6,212,304	.	.	Deutsche Bundesbank	SDMX
Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey							Deutsche Bundesbank Participant in IMF CPIS	-
Coordinated Direct Investment Survey							Deutsche Bundesbank Participant in IMF CDIS	-
Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves							Deutsche Bundesbank Participant in IMF COFER	-
Exchange rates	Euro foreign exchange reference rates							-
POPULATION
Population ²⁵ ^p	1,000	Q1/24	84,673	84,669	+0.0	+0.3	Destatis	SDMX

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