The monthly report contains: Review of the monetary target, The performance of German credit institutions in 1996, Development and determinants of international direct investment, Recent tax revenue trends.

The monthly report contains: Stripping of Bunds, The implications of international influences for capital market rates, East German enterprises' profitability and financing in 1995, Asset-backed securities in Germany: the sale and securitisation of loans by German credit institutions.

The monthly report contains: Revaluation of gold and foreign exchange reserves, The economic scene in Germany in spring 1997, Overview, Monetary developments, Securities markets, Public finance, Economic conditions, Foreign trade and payments.

The monthly report contains: Overall financial flows in 1996, The longer-term trend in savings deposits and its implications for monetary targeting, International capital links between enterprises from the end of 1993 to the end of 1995, Problems of international comparisons of direct investment flows.

enthält: Die gesamtwirtschaftlichen Finanzierungsströme im Jahre 1996; Die längerfristige Entwicklung der Spareinlagen und ihre Implikationen für die Geldmengenpolitik; Die Entwicklung der Kapitalverflechtung der Unternehmen mit dem Ausland von Ende 1993 bis Ende 1995; Zur Problematik internationaler Vergleiche von Direktinvestitionsströmen.

The monthly report contains: The role of the Deutsche Mark as an international investment and reserve currency, Problems associated with calculating "structural" budget deficits, The Bundesbank's technical central bank cooperation with countries in transition.