The monthly report contains: The development of bank lending to the private sector, Amendments to the Banking Act caused by the Fourth Financial Market Promotion Act, Fundamental determinants of real exchange rate movements in the central and east European accession countries.

The monthly report contains: Quotas and voting shares in the IMF, The performance of German credit institutions in 2001, Productivity developments in Germany.

The monthly report contains: Economic conditions in Germany, The financial markets in Germany, Foreign trade and payments, The international and European setting, Public finances.

The monthly report contains: Consumer prices and the changeover from Deutsche Mark to euro, Reports from the Economic Research Centre, Monetary policy and investment behaviour – an empirical study, Funded old-age provision and the financial markets.

The monthly report contains: The evolution of accounting standards for credit institutions, Direct investment in the real and financial sector – the Bundesbank Spring Conference 2002, Overall financial flows in 2002, Consequences of increasing capital flows for exchange rate policy – observations and prospects worldwide.

The monthly report contains: Appendix – Discussing the growth and prosperity gap between the United States and the euro area, Economic conditions in Germany, Financial markets in Germany, Foreign trade and payments, The international and European setting, Public finance, Seventh Act amending the Bundesbank Act.

The monthly report contains: German enterprises’ profitability and financing in 2000, Government benefits for families, RTGSplus – successfully established.

The monthly report contains: The German balance of payments in 2001, The pass-through from market interest rates to bank lending rates in Germany, Circulation of the Deutsche Mark – from the currency reform to European monetary union.

The monthly report contains: Economic conditions in Germany, The financial markets in Germany, Foreign trade and payments, The international and European setting, Public finances.

The monthly report contains: Capital flows and the exchange rate, Credit institutions’ capital viewed from a business and a regulatory perspective, Reports from the Economic Research Centre, The housing market during the nineties.