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

The January 2019 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report looks into how a normalisation of interest rates will impact on balance sheets in the euro area’s private non-financial sector and explores price competitiveness in a number of euro area countries in terms of the development, drivers and influence of labour market reforms. The Report also features an analysis of financial cycles in the euro area and sheds light on International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 from a banking supervision angle.

On the basis of selected empirical analyses, the September 2019 Monthly Report explains the impact that wages have on prices in Germany and features an analysis of detailed state government budget figures for 2018. In addition, the Monthly Report describes the long-term changes in the unsecured interbank money market and also discusses banks’ profitability in 2018.

The Monthly Report August 2016 comments on the economic development in Germany in summer 2016.

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.