The Monthly Report October 2014 describes the methodological changes in the financial accounts, comments on the embedment of the German economy in the international division of labour and presents the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the European banking union.

Der Monatsbericht Dezember 2006 enthält u. a. Beiträge zu den Themen: Deutschland im Globalisierungsprozess; Zur wirtschaftlichen Situation kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen in Deutschland seit 1997; Die Umsetzung der neuen Eigenkapitalregelungen für Banken in deutsches Recht; Neuere Entwicklungen bei Zahlungskarten und innovativen elektronischen Bezahlverfahren.

The June 2019 edition of the Bundesbank’s Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy on the basis of projections for 2019 and 2020 and looks ahead at the year 2021. It also covers the overhaul of European banking regulation and features an analysis of the costs associated with different means of payment in the retail sector. Lastly, the changing face of payments services is explored, with reference to instant payments, PSD2 and new competitors.

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.