The September 2017 Monthly Report contains an article on monetary policy indicators at the zero lower bound on the basis of term structure models, and an analysis of the performance of German credit institutions in 2016. Explanations are also provided on the potential and risks of distributed ledger technologies in payments and securities settlement and on the changes and results in the process of extending the investment fund statistics.

The August 2017 Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2017.

The July 2017 edition of the Monthly Report describes the market for bonds issued by non-financial corporations in the low-interest-rate environment and developments in government interest expenditure in Germany and other euro area countries. It also contains articles on private interest income developments, taking into account inflation and taxes, as well as on the threats to the global economy posed by protectionist tendencies. Finally, the report also introduces the latest innovations in the monetary financial institutions’ (MFI) interest rate statistics.

The June 2017 edition of the Bundesbank's Monthly Report outlines the prospects for the German economy on the basis of macroeconomic projections for 2017 and 2018, with a look ahead at the year 2019. It also discusses the design and implementation of the European fiscal rules.

The May 2017 Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in spring 2017.

The April 2017 Monthly Report outlines the role of banks, non-banks and the central bank in the money creation process and analyses the impact of demographic change and immigration on the German economy’s potential Output.