The Monthly Report contains: The Economic Situation in the Western German Specified Area during March and April 1949; Overall Situation and the Problem of Investment Financing

The June 2018 edition of the Bundesbank's Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy on the basis of macroeconomic projections for 2018 and 2019, with a look ahead at the year 2020. It also includes an article on the zero lower bound on interest rates, the inflation rate target and the anchoring of inflation expectations.

The July 2018 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report describes the ownership structure and the main drivers of yield movements in the market for Federal securities, and discusses the rebalancing of the Chinese economy as well as its international implications. It also includes an article on trends in the financing structure of German non-financial corporations as reflected in the corporate financial statement statistics.

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 September 2018 Monthly Report explains the models that the Bundesbank uses to make its short-term economic forecasts as well as how these models have been updated. In addition, the Report also analyses the performance of German credit institutions in 2017. 

The March 2018 Monthly Report sheds light on Germany’s balance of payments for 2017 and provides an insight into demand for euro banknotes at the Deutsche Bundesbank. It also includes an article on the design, regulation and use of contingent convertible bonds.

The April 2017 Monthly Report outlines the role of banks, non-banks and the central bank in the money creation process and analyses the impact of demographic change and immigration on the German economy’s potential Output.

The October 2017 Monthly Report analyses emerging market economies’ global liquidity, foreign reserves and exchange rates and contains an article on developments in the natural interest rate. In addition, the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process for smaller institutions and proportionality considerations are described, and the initial results of the new money market statistics as well as the new insurance statistics are presented.

The March 2017 Monthly Report sheds light on Germany’s balance of payments for 2016 and outlines the cyclical adjustment procedures carried out by the federal states as part of the debt brake.

The January 2017 Monthly Report contains an article on the Eurosystem’s asset purchases and the euro exchange rate. In addition, it analyses how debt levels have developed in the non-financial private sector in selected euro-area countries.

The April Monthly Report illuminates the fundamental theory and evolution of metrics used to measure equity market levels, besides shedding light on the Phillips curve and its use in analysing prices and projecting inflation rates in Germany.

The January 2018 edition of the Monthly Report describes how the internationalisation of German firms is impacting on domestic investment and analyses the importance of banks’ profitability and capital for monetary policy. It also looks at developments in corporate financing in the euro area and includes an article on the finalisation of Basel III.

The December 2016 edition of the Bundesbank's Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy based on macroeconomic projections for 2017 and 2018, including a look ahead at the year 2019. It also contains an article on “Wage dynamics amid high euro-area unemployment” and an analysis of German enterprises’ profitability and financing conditions in 2015.

The September 2017 Monthly Report contains an article on monetary policy indicators at the zero lower bound on the basis of term structure models, and an analysis of the performance of German credit institutions in 2016. Explanations are also provided on the potential and risks of distributed ledger technologies in payments and securities settlement and on the changes and results in the process of extending the investment fund statistics.

The Monthly Report July 2014 contains an article on the subject Exchange rates and financial stress and describes the past developments and future challenges of Germany’s statutory health insurance scheme. Furthermore, approach and initial results of the consolidated financial statement statistics as a contribution to the extended corporate analysis are defined. Finally, the importance of the insurance industry for financial stability is analysed.

The October 2016 Monthly Report explains selected aspects of local government finances and their evolution over time and describes the significance and impact of high-frequency trading on the German capital market