Persistently low interest rates are depressing German credit institutions' profitability – this is revealed in a survey undertaken by the Bundesbank and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The banks will have to subject the sustainability of their business model to critical analysis.

The conference volume comprises a wide range of multifaceted papers addressing different aspects of cash, that were presented and discussed at the International Cash Conference in February 2012.

The September 2021 edition of the Monthly Report outlines the Eurosystem’s monetary policy strategy and analyses the influence of its monetary policy on bitcoin and other crypto tokens. In addition, it discusses the performance of German credit institutions in 2020.

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 May 2021 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in spring 2021.