The March 2014 edition of the Monthly Report describes the shadow banking system in the euro area and its monetary policy implications. In addition, the German balance of payments in 2013 is reconsidered and it comments on the vulnerability to crises of the manufacturing enterprises in Germany.

The July 2015 Monthly Report contains an article on slower growth in emerging market economies and describes the adjustment patterns of enterprises in the German labour market during the Great Recession based on selected results of a special survey.

The March 2020 Monthly Report analyses Germany’s balance of payments for 2019 and outlines the statistical data on households’ digital purchases that are contained in the balance of payments. It also includes an article on the challenges ahead posed by new reference interest rates using the implementation of the €STR in the euro area as an example.

The February 2020 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in winter 2019/2020.

The January 2014 edition of the Monthly Report analyses in several essays the reform measures taken by the economic and monetary union member states in the course of the current adjustment processes.