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 January 2020 edition of the Monthly Report analyses the upturn in loans to enterprises in Germany between 2014 and 2019 and describes the consequences of rising protectionism.

The April Monthly Report illuminates the fundamental theory and evolution of metrics used to measure equity market levels, besides shedding light on the Phillips curve and its use in analysing prices and projecting inflation rates in Germany.

The Monthly Report February 2015 comments on the economic situation in Germany in winter 2014/2015.

The May 2013 monthly report contains a description of the economic situation in the first three months of 2013.

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.