The June 2021 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report outlines the outlook for the German economy for 2021 to 2023 and analyses how the central bank’s asset purchases increase the sensitivity of government finances to interest rate changes. It also features an article on central government debt and why interest payment premiums should be booked on an accrual basis, while, on the topic of local government debt, a further article discusses how local government budget imbalances can be avoided and cash advances limited.

The November 2021 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in autumn 2021.

The law was enacted on July 26, 1957 and newly announced in the latest version on October 22, 1992. It regulates the structure, the scope, duties and functions of the Deutsche Bundesbank as central bank. It was last amended on July 4, 2013.

It is not official; the only authentic text is the German one as published in the Federal Law Gazette.

The March 2012 monthly report contains: Germany’s balance of payments in 2011; National and international financial market shocks and the real economy – an empirical view