The monthly report contains: Prospects for, and obstacles to, a stronger reliance on funding in the statutory system old-age provision in Germany, Recent approaches to involving the private sector in the resolution of international debt crises, Income, saving and capital formation in the nineties: results of the new ESA '95.

The monthly report contains: The economic scene in Germany in autumn 1999, The international and European environment, Financial markets in Germany, Economic conditions in Germany, Foreign trade and payments, Public finance.

The monthly report contains: Germany's relative position in the central and east European countries in transition, Corporate finance in Germany and France: a comparative analysis, The labour market in the euro area.