Proper disclosure requirements are designed to enhance market discipline and induce credit institutions to improve their market strategy, risk management practices and internal risk control systems.

Pictures and information on the national sides of the coins in circulation in Portugal.

The output index for the production sector is calculated monthly by the Federal Statistical Office and includes the sectors mining and quarrying, manufacturing, energy and construction.

Images from the online catalogue and the pictures archive can be used free of charge. Additional digital images can be produced for a fee.

The monthly balance sheet statistics list domestic banks (MFIs)' assets and liabilities based on the books at the end of the month. They thus represent the most comprehensive statistical survey of the banking industry in Germany and are at the core of the banking statistics reporting system.

Under the European budgetary surveillance procedure, EU member states are obliged to submit data on general government deficit and debt levels to the European Commission twice a year.

The "payments" section includes data on the payment systems employed and transaction volumes as well as statistics on securities settlement systems.