The brochure describes the architecture of the building and takes a brief look at its interior and at our art collection. This glimpse inside the Bundesbank’s headquarters includes some surprising features, for the building offers unexpected perspectives.

The December 2013 Monthly Report comments on the outlook for the German economy as macroeconomic projections for 2014 and 2015. In addition, an analysis of the German enterprises’ profitability and financing in 2012 is included; furthermore an outlook for European retail payments (SEPA) is described and the new importance of repo markets in a changing financial system is reconsidered.