The December 2013 Monthly Report comments on the outlook for the German economy as macroeconomic projections for 2014 and 2015. In addition, an analysis of the German enterprises’ profitability and financing in 2012 is included; furthermore an outlook for European retail payments (SEPA) is described and the new importance of repo markets in a changing financial system is reconsidered.

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.