handelsjournal
Handelsjournal is a term used in German-speaking regions to denote either a merchant’s journal—an accounting diary recording daily transactions, credits, and inventories—or a periodical publication aimed at merchants and traders, known as a trade journal. The word combines Handel (trade) and Journal (journal). In historical contexts, both senses were common, especially from the 17th through the 19th centuries.
As a periodical, a Handelsjournal provided news relevant to commerce, including market reports, prices of goods,
As a ledger or diary, the term also referred to firm-level books kept to record daily transactions,
Today the term is largely historical in German, with contemporary equivalents being general business or trade