Businesses are saving more than they are investing – hampering any rapid correction of Germany’s current account imbalance

In the current economic upswing, Germany's businesses are investing much less in their real capital stock than they are generating in financial resources. Their growing financial surplus is a key driver of the very high current account surplus for which Germany is facing broad international criticism. We are therefore taking a closer look at corporate decisions on savings and investment in order to identify starting points for correcting the current account imbalance.

Businesses are saving more than they are investing – hampering any rapid correction of Germany’s current account imbalance(PDF, 314 KB, non-accessible)