The October 2012 monthly report contains: The financial crisis and balance of payments developments within the euro area; The development of state government finances in Germany since 2005; The importance of trade credit for corporate financing in Germany – evidence from financial statements statistics; The use of cash and cashless payment instruments: a microeconomic analysis.

The September 2012 monthly report contains: The performance of German credit institutions in 2011; Innovations in payment systems; The International Monetary Fund in a changed global environment.

The August 2012 monthly report comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2012.

The July 2012 monthly report contains: The euro as an anchor currency and core of a currency bloc; Deutsche Bundesbank Spring Conference 2012 – monetary policy, inflation and international linkages; The new CPSS-IOSCO Principles for financial market infrastructures.

The June 2012 monthly report contains: Outlook for the German economy – macroeconomic projections for 2012 and 2013; The price of crude oil and its impact on economic activity in the industrial countries; The role of the “Basel interest rate shock” in the supervisory assessment of interest rate risks in the banking book.

The May 2012 monthly report describes the economic situation in Germany in spring 2012.

The April 2012 monthly report contains: Potential growth of the German economy – medium-term outlook against the backdrop of demographic strains; The European Systemic Risk Board: from institutional foundation to credible macroprudential oversight

The March 2012 monthly report contains: Germany’s balance of payments in 2011; National and international financial market shocks and the real economy – an empirical view

The February 2012 monthly report describes the economic situation in Germany at the turn of the year 2011/2012.

The January 2012 monthly report contains: Long-term developments in corporate financing in Germany – evidence based on the financial accounts; The PHF: a survey of household wealth
and finances in Germany; The European single market in payments nearing completion.