{
  "id": 17029938,
  "title": "Federal Statistical Office: Municipal debt up almost ten percent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/statistisches-bundesamt-kommunale-schulden-um-knapp-zehn-prozent",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-29T08:04:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/statistisches-bundesamt-kommunale-schulden-um-knapp-zehn-prozent-gestiegen/100265837.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany's municipal debts rose by 9.9% last year, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The total debt reached 378.9 billion euros or 4,907 euros per capita by the end of 2025. The increase was mainly driven by a significant rise in debts of municipal core and extra-budgets, which grew by 15.5% and 14.7% respectively. The highest per capita debt was recorded in Hessen at 6,763 euros, while the lowest was in Brandenburg at 2,733 euros. Municipal debts increased in all states, with the largest rises in Niedersachsen (13.3%) and Baden-Württemberg (13.1%).",
  "summary": "4,907 euros per capita: The municipalities' deficit grew further last year. The burden is distributed very differently regionally.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}