The June 2012 monthly report contains: Outlook for the German economy – macroeconomic projections for 2012 and 2013; The price of crude oil and its impact on economic activity in the industrial countries; The role of the “Basel interest rate shock” in the supervisory assessment of interest rate risks in the banking book.

The Monthly Report October 2014 describes the methodological changes in the financial accounts, comments on the embedment of the German economy in the international division of labour and presents the Single Supervisory Mechanism of the European banking union.

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 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.