Once a year, the Bundesbank publishes the Financial Stability Review. The analyses and assessments in the report are intended as a contribution to the public debate on financial stability.

First, the ongoing analysis of the financial system measures the potential risks to Germany's financial system. It identifies systemic risks and specific risk factors in order to detect any potential imbalances as early as possible. The analysis then compares the risk situation with the resilience of the financial system and individual systemically important segments and thereby estimates the stability situation in the German financial system. Attention must be paid to scenarios that assume negative events or developments such as an overall recession.

Where financial stability in Germany is at risk, the Bundesbank must draw up and propose possible ways forward. At the same time, the regulatory framework must be continuously monitored and assessed.

In addition, proposals and initiatives for reforming the global monetary system must be subjected to critical review.