The monthly report contains: The role of the Deutsche Mark as an international investment and reserve currency, Problems associated with calculating "structural" budget deficits, The Bundesbank's technical central bank cooperation with countries in transition.

The monthly report contains: Trends in public sector debt since German unification, Monetary policy and payment systems, The German balance of payments in 1996.

The monthly report contains: The economic scene in Germany around the turn of 1996-7, Overview, Monetary developments, Securities markets, Public finance, Economic conditions, Foreign trade and payments.

The monthly report contains: Strategy of monetary targeting in 1997-8, Shares as financing and investment instruments, Exchange rate and foreign trade.

The monthly report contains: The economic scene in Germany in autumn 1996

The monthly report contains: Capital market rate movements since the beginning of the nineties, West German enterprises' profitability and financing in 1995.

The monthly report contains: The debate on public transfers in the wake of German reunification, The response of money market rates and short-term bank interest rates to changes in central bank rates, Lending trends, by group of borrowers and category of banks.

The monthly report contains: The economic scene in Germany in summer 1996

The monthly report contains: Review of the monetary target, The profitability of German credit institutions in 1995, Medium-term trend in financing patterns in the major industrial countries.

The monthly report contains: The longer-term trends in and the determinants of private consumption in Germany, Recent trends in Germany's economic links with central and east European countries in transition, East German enterprises' profitability and financing in 1994.