In 2018 the number of payments with cards with a debit function issued by resident payment service providers increased by more than 19% to just under 4 billion transactions. The latest figures of the Statistics on Payments and Securities Trading, Clearing and Settlement can be found here:

The September 2020 edition of the Monthly Report analyses the impact of monetary policy on the euro exchange rate and investigates global financial interconnectedness as well as spillover effects between the G20 countries. In addition, it discusses the performance of German credit institutions in 2019.

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 August 2020 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2020.

The January 2013 monthly report contains: Current developments in the mutual funds market: demand, structural changes and investor behaviour; Current and projected development of coin circulation in Germany.

The Monthly Report July 2013 examines the background and framework for the introduction of the common European Banking Supervisors, explains the problem of the estimates of yield curve in the financial crisis and analyzes the differences in monetary and credit growth in the euro area.

The Monthly Report August 2014 comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2014.

The July 2020 Monthly Report looks at the German current account surplus through the lens of macroeconomic models and examines the extent to which German households store cash, as well as their reasons for doing so.

The February 2020 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in winter 2019/2020.