The source is bookkeeping data of the Federal Ministry of Finance. Component detail comprises expenditures, revenues, federal government balance, and a breakdown of nonfinancial and financial transactions. Data on financing cover the same institutions. The Information about net-flows can be gained by calculating the difference between 'latest period' and 'previous period'.
Data are on a cash basis.
The fiscal year is the calendar year. Periodicity Monthly Timeliness Four weeks after the end of the reference month for data on revenue, expenditure and the balance, and two weeks after the end of the reference period for data on financing. In December, data are disseminated eight weeks after the end of the reference month because of additional time required to close the books at the end of the fiscal year. A note on the dissemination of data on financing through the Internet will be added in a relevant high-frequency publication by the end of the transition period. The data are not confidential.