The March 2018 Monthly Report sheds light on Germany’s balance of payments for 2017 and provides an insight into demand for euro banknotes at the Deutsche Bundesbank. It also includes an article on the design, regulation and use of contingent convertible bonds.

The December 2018 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy on the basis of projections for 2019 and 2020, with a look ahead at the year 2021. It also features an analysis of German enterprises’ profitability and financing conditions in 2017 as well as an article on the amount, profitability and risks of cross-border assets in Germany’s external position. 

The September 2016 Monthly Report analyses the distribution effects of monetary policy and describes the relationship between globalisation and the transmission of global financial shocks to European Monetary Union member states. The performance of German credit institutions in 2015 is also explained.

The Monthly Report December 2014 describes the outlook for the German economy based on macroeconomic projections for the years 2015 and 2016 and comments on the financing and profitability of German enterprises in 2013.

The Monthly Report September 2015 comments on the recent development in lending to euro-area non-financial corporations and describes the performance of German credit institutions in 2014.

An oft-repeated assertion is that, in the economic and financial crisis, the interbank market fell victim to market failure, denying solvent credit institutions the ability to obtain funding. A recent analysis of the German interbank market now calls this narrative into question.

The August 2020 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2020.