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 August 2018 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2018.

The Monthly Report May 2015 comments on the economic situation in Germany in spring 2015.

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 April 2015 Bundesbank Monthly Report contains articles on labour market-related government expenditure, structural changes in the German banking sector and transaction-related circulation trends in euro coins in Germany.

In 2018, the German economy’s current account surplus decreased by ¾ percentage point to 7¼% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP). This was due to a sharp decline in the goods trade surplus, whereas developments in the other sub- accounts tended to push up the surplus.