The June 2017 edition of the Bundesbank's Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy on the basis of macroeconomic projections for 2017 and 2018, with a look ahead at the year 2019. It also discusses the design and implementation of the European fiscal rules.

The monthly report contains: Development and application of DSGE models for the German economy, Recent developments in the international financial system.

An oft-repeated assertion is that, in the economic and financial crisis, the interbank market fell victim to market failure, denying solvent credit institutions the ability to obtain funding. A recent analysis of the German interbank market now calls this narrative into question.

The Bundesbank’s April 2020 Monthly Report outlines sectoral portfolio adjustments in the euro area during the low interest rate period. It also features an article on the road so far and the road ahead for the EU budget and its financing.

The January 2019 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report looks into how a normalisation of interest rates will impact on balance sheets in the euro area’s private non-financial sector and explores price competitiveness in a number of euro area countries in terms of the development, drivers and influence of labour market reforms. The Report also features an analysis of financial cycles in the euro area and sheds light on International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 from a banking supervision angle.