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.

The November 2013 Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in autumn 2013.

Low interest rates and an ample supply of central bank liquidity have helped to ease the tensions on the international financial markets. So far this year, the German financial system has also benefited from this situation. However, the Bundesbank believes that these exceptional financial conditions present risks to financial stability the longer they prevail.