The Monthly Report April 2014 comments on the reliability of international organisations' estimates of the output gap as well as on the implications of the Eurosystem's monetary operations during the financial crisis. Furthermore, some approaches to explaining the behaviour of inflation since the last financial and economic crisis are described.

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 July 2017 edition of the Monthly Report describes the market for bonds issued by non-financial corporations in the low-interest-rate environment and developments in government interest expenditure in Germany and other euro area countries. It also contains articles on private interest income developments, taking into account inflation and taxes, as well as on the threats to the global economy posed by protectionist tendencies. Finally, the report also introduces the latest innovations in the monetary financial institutions’ (MFI) interest rate statistics.

The Monthly Report for June 2013 outlines the outlook for the German economy in 2013 and 2014 and includes an article on household wealth and finances in Germany based on the results of a Bundesbank study as well as a report on the implementation of Basel III in European and national law.

The December 2012 monthly report gives an outlook for the German economy for 2013 and 2014, elaborates on German enterprises’ profitability and financing in 2011 and explains calendar effects on economic activity.

The September 2012 monthly report contains: The performance of German credit institutions in 2011; Innovations in payment systems; The International Monetary Fund in a changed global environment.

The September 2013 Monthly Report explains the performance of German credit institutions in 2012 and the development of government interest expenditure in Germany. In addition, a workshop report to predictive models in the short-term economic analysis is included.