The monthly report contains: Reflections and proposals concerning the future organisational structure of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Commentaries, The performance of German credit institutions in 1998, Recent developments in Germany's financial relations with the European Union, East German enterprises' profitability and financing in 1997.

The monthly report contains: Overall financial flows in 1998, Recent developments electronic money, Trends in international capital links between enterprises from the end of 1995 to the end of 1997.

The monthly report contains: International cooperation and coordination in the area of financial market supervision and surveillance, The economic scene in Germany in spring 1999.

The monthly report contains: The role of economic fundamentals in the emergence of currency crises in emerging markets, Developments of public sector investment, and its financing, Taylor interest rate and Monetary Conditions Index.

The monthly report contains: Monetary analysis for the euro area, Hedge funds and their role on the financial markets, German balance of payments in 1998.

The monthly report contains: The economic scene in Germany at the turn of 1998-9, Overview, Monetary developments, Securities markets, Public finance, Economic conditions, Foreign trade and payments.

The monthly report contains: Launching the economic and monetary union on January 1, 1999, Changes in households' asset situation since the beginning of the nineties, The Bundesbank's method of assessing the creditworthiness of business enterprises.

The monthly report contains: The economic scene in Germany in autumn 1998, Overview, Monetary developments, Securities markets, Public finance, Economic conditions, Foreign trade and payments.

The monthly report contains: The implementation of the ESCB's monetary policy by the Bundesbank and its formulation in the General Terms and Conditions, Trends in and structure of the overall capital stock, The indicator quality of different definitions of the real external value of the Deutsche Mark, Updating the calculation of the external value of the Deutsche Mark and adjusting it to the conditions of European monetary union.

The monthly report contains: Operational features of the new European exchange-rate mechanism, West German enterprises' profitability and financing in 1997, The methodological basis of the Deutsche Bundesbank's corporate balance sheet statistics, Banks' internal risk management models and their prudential suitability.