The Bundesbank’s October 2018 Monthly Report comments on trends in state government finances, the implementation of the debt brake and future budgetary surveillance. It also analyses the macroeconomic impact of uncertainty as well as the activities of multinationals against the backdrop of national economic statistics. Furthermore, the report contains an article on the growing importance of exchange-traded funds on the financial markets.

The monthly report contains: Germany in the globalisation process, Transposing the new Basel capital rules into German law, The economic situation of small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany since 1997, Recent developments in payment cards and innovative electronic payment procedures.

The monthly report contains: Economic conditions in Germany, Financial markets, Global and European setting, Monetary policy and banking business, Overview – August 2008, Public finances.

The monthly report contains: Economic conditions in Germany, Financial markets, Global and European setting, Monetary policy and banking business, Overview – November 2008, Public finances.

The monthly report contains: Development and application of DSGE models for the German economy, Recent developments in the international financial system.

The June 2011 monthly report contains: Outlook for the German economy – macroeconomic projections for 2011 and 2012; Sovereign yield spreads in the euro area; Extended MFI interest rate statistics: methodology and first results; Fundamental features of the German Bank Restructuring Act.