The October 2022 edition of the Monthly Report examines the subject of state government finances in 2021, focusing on the surplus and growing reserves partly derived from emergency loans. Another article delves into Member States’ financial ties with the EU budget and the Next Generation EU (NGEU) off-budget entity. A third article discusses the validity of interest parity in times of crisis. In addition, the Monthly Report examines the market situation of Federal securities in the context of monetary policy purchases and heightened uncertainty.

The September 2022 edition of the Monthly Report features an article on how the negative interest rate policy period and the pandemic are reflected in the Bank Lending Survey, and analyses the effects of reallocation in the corporate sector during the pandemic on developments in productivity. In other articles, the Monthly Report outlines the profitability of German credit institutions in 2021 and discusses the role of the International Monetary Fund in preventing and managing crises.

The August 2022 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in summer 2022.

The July 2022 Monthly Report presents results and use cases of distributional wealth accounts (DWA) for households in Germany and describes the evolution of the creditor structure of government debt in the euro area. It also analyses the factors influencing international portfolio flows and contains an article on the cross-border interoperability of central bank digital currency.

The June 2022 edition of the Monthly Report outlines the outlook for the German economy for 2022 to 2024 and lays out long-term scenarios and options for reforming the pension insurance scheme. Furthermore, it analyses both bracket creep in income tax rates and the current developments and challenges facing public finances in the euro area. The report concludes with an article on the survey of firms conducted by the Deutsche Bundesbank and how it is used to assess the financial situation of the corporate sector.

The May 2022 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in spring 2022.

The April 2022 Monthly Report explains the development of the debt situation in the euro area’s private non-financial sector since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and describes possibilities for the stability-oriented further development of the central government’s debt brake. Furthermore, the Monthly Report analyses the current developments in the demand for euro banknotes at the Bundesbank and contains a contribution on the possible macroeconomic consequences of the war in Ukraine: simulations of an intensified risk scenario. 

The March 2022 edition of the Monthly Report features an article on monetary policy in a protracted phase of low interest rates, discussing the concept of the reversal rate. In addition, it analyses Germany’s balance of payments for 2021.

The February 2022 edition of the Monthly Report comments on the economic situation in Germany in winter 2021/2022.

The January 2022 edition of the Monthly Report discusses the changes in the secured money market and features an article on the topic of climate change and climate policy: analysis requirements and options from a central bank perspective. In addition, scenario-based valuation effects on the stock market are analysed using greenhouse gas emissions.