Germany - Current account balance

291.0 (billion US dollars) in 2017

Current account balance of Germany decreased by 2.17% from 297.5 billion US dollars in 2016 to 291.0 billion US dollars in 2017. Since the 3.50% upward trend in 2015, current account balance fell by 3.37% in 2017.

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Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.