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Press release No. 359 of 25 August 2022 General government deficit down to 13.0 billion euros in the first half of 2022
...Central government records financial deficit of 42.8 billion euros The main reason for the financial deficit of general government in the first half of 2022 was the financial deficit of central government (42.8 billion euros), even though the latter was lower than in the first half of 2021 (60.7 billion euros). The financial balances (net lending/net borrowing) of state government (16.6 billion euros), local government (5.7 billion euros) and social security funds (7.4 billion euros) were positive in the first six months of 2022. Strong increase in tax revenue on 2021 On the revenue side, tax revenue in the first half of 2022 was by 11.6% higher year on year, thus clearly exceeding the level recorded before the Covid-19 crisis in the first half of 2019. ...
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Press release No. 399 of 24 August 2021 General government financial deficit of 80.9 billion euros in the first six months of 2021
...Social security funds showed a deficit of 10.2 billion euros, while state government (3.1 billion euros) and municipalities (0.6 billion euros) recorded comparatively low deficits. Base effect: year-on-year increase in tax revenue and social contributions Tax revenue, which accounts for about half of total government revenue, increased by 4.3% in the first six months of 2021, after falling 6.1% in the first half of 2020. ...
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Press release No. 075 of 25 February 2022 General government deficit remains high: 132.5 billion euros in 2021
...Strong increase in tax revenue on 2020 Tax revenue in 2021 rose considerably (+12.9%) year on year. The recovery was mainly due to higher revenue from corporation tax. Large increases were recorded especially for corporation and trade tax revenue (+71.4%, +24.4%). ...
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Press release No. 493 of 25 November 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 3rd quarter of 2022
...Total gross wages and salaries rose 5.0% on a year earlier as the number of employees was up, too. The increase of net wages and salaries (+5.2%) was slightly larger than that of gross wages and salaries, one of the reasons being the downward effect of the Tax Relief Act 2022. The savings ratio (9.6%) was below the previous year’s value (10.4%) also in the third quarter of 2022. ...
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Press release No. 020 of 14 January 2022 Gross domestic product up 2.7% in 2021
...The number of marginally employed people and self-employed continued to fall, while more persons in employment were subject to social insurance contributions. Covid-19 pandemic led to high financial deficit (net borrowing) of general government again General government budgets recorded a financial deficit (net borrowing) of 153.9 billion euros at the end of 2021, according to provisional calculations. ...
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Press release No. 215 of 25 May 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 1st quarter of 2022
...This is especially due to the massive decrease in short-time work on the first quarter of 2021 and to high extra payments, in particular Covid-19 bonuses. The increase in net average wages and salaries of employees was slightly smaller (+5.0%) because social security contributions and wage tax rose more rapidly than gross wages and salaries. The disposable income of households was by 4.0% higher in the first quarter of 2022 than a year earlier. ...
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Date: February 15, 2022 National accounts: Particularities of general government aggregates during the coronavirus pandemic
General government has played a key role at various levels in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic. For that reason, the development of general government aggregates in national accounts has been influenced by several special effects resulting …
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Press release No. 082 of 24 February 2021 Negative government finance in 2020: deficit of 139.6 billion euros
...Due to low final consumption expenditure of households and the temporary reduction of value-added tax rates as of 1 July 2020, revenue from taxes on products, too, were down (-6.9%). Only revenue from social contributions went slightly up (+1.7%). More information: The European statistical office Eurostat provides data on European government finance on its website. ...
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Date: April 6, 2022 ESA 2010 methods and sources for the German GNI and its components - Edition 2021 (nur in englischer Version verfügbar)
The present document contains the detailed description of the methods and sources used for the compilation of the gross domestic product and the gross national income of the Federal Republic of Germany in compliance with the European System of …
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Press release No. 324 of 25 August 2020 General government financial deficit of 51.6 billion euros in the first six months of 2020
...Methodological notes Corona emergency aid in the form of loans, participating interests or guarantees generally has no immediate effect on net lending/net borrowing of general government as defined by ESA 2010. Tax deferrals neither have an impact on net lending/net borrowing in the national accounts. The latter present the economic values created in a given period rather than the payment flows during that period. ...
