German Current Account Surplus Falls in August

08:48 AM EDT, 10/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Germany's current account surplus totaled 10.3 billion euros in August, down by 11.5 billion euros from the previous month, the Deutsche Bundesbank said Tuesday. The German central bank attributed the movement to a lower surplus in merchandise trade, alongside a swing to deficit from surplus in so-called invisible current account transactions.