Bank Lending Survey Statistics - BLS

Data - ECB

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: Quarterly: 2026-Q3 (N = 15,798)

First observation: Quarterly: 2003-Q1 (N = 8,982)

Last data update: 12 aoû 2026, 23:26. Last compile: 13 aoû 2026, 08:16

Structure

Info

source dataset Title .html .rData
ecb BLS Bank Lending Survey Statistics - BLS 2026-08-12 2026-08-11

Release Calendar

Link: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/statscal/mfm/html/stpbls.en.html

Data on monetary policy

source dataset Title .html .rData
ecb BSI_PUB Balance Sheet Items - Published series 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
bdf FM Marché financier, taux 2026-08-11 2026-08-10
bdf MIR Taux d'intérêt - Zone euro 2026-08-11 2026-08-10
bdf MIR1 Taux d'intérêt - France 2026-08-11 2026-08-10
bis CBPOL Policy Rates, Daily 2026-08-11 2026-07-25
ecb BSI Balance Sheet Items 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
ecb FM Financial market data 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
ecb ILM Internal Liquidity Management 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
ecb ILM_PUB Internal Liquidity Management - Published series 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
ecb MIR MFI Interest Rate Statistics 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
ecb RAI Risk Assessment Indicators 2026-08-12 2026-08-11
ecb SUP Supervisory Banking Statistics 2026-08-12 2026-08-12
ecb YC Financial market data - yield curve 2026-08-12 2026-08-12
ecb YC_PUB Financial market data - yield curve - Published series 2026-08-12 2026-08-12
ecb liq_daily Daily Liquidity 2026-08-12 2026-08-12
eurostat ei_mfir_m Interest rates - monthly data 2026-08-11 2026-08-11
eurostat irt_st_m Money market interest rates - monthly data 2026-08-11 2026-08-11
fred r Interest Rates 2026-08-11 2026-08-11
oecd MEI Main Economic Indicators 2026-08-11 2026-08-02
oecd MEI_FIN Monthly Monetary and Financial Statistics (MEI) 2026-08-11 2026-08-02

LAST_COMPILE

LAST_COMPILE
2026-08-13

Last

Code 
BLS |>
  group_by(TIME_PERIOD, FREQ) |>
  summarise(Nobs = n()) |>
  ungroup() |>
  select(FREQ, TIME_PERIOD, Nobs) |>
  group_by(FREQ) |>
  arrange(desc(TIME_PERIOD)) |>
  filter(row_number() < 5) |>
  arrange(FREQ) |>
  print_table_conditional()
FREQ TIME_PERIOD Nobs
Q 2026-Q3 15798
Q 2026-Q2 15084
Q 2026-Q1 15098
Q 2025-Q4 14774

Données

Données PCE

Code 
BLS |>
  filter(KEY %in% c("BLS.Q.U2.ALL.Z.H.H.B3.ZZ.D.WFNET",
                    "BLS.Q.U2.ALL.Z.H.C.B3.ZZ.D.WFNET")) |>
  quarter_to_date() %>%
  select_if(~ n_distinct(.) > 1) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = OBS_VALUE/100, color = Bls_count_detail)) +
  xlab("") + ylab("") + theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1940, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  scale_color_manual(values = c("blue", "red")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.65, 0.25),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = 0.01*seq(-100, 90, 10),
                     labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1)) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed")

Consumer credit, Loans for house purchase

Code 
BLS |>
  filter(KEY %in% c("BLS.Q.U2.ALL.Z.H.H.B3.ZZ.D.WFNET",
                    "BLS.Q.U2.ALL.Z.H.C.B3.ZZ.D.WFNET")) |>
  quarter_to_date() %>%
  select_if(~ n_distinct(.) > 1) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = OBS_VALUE/100, color = Bls_count_detail)) +
  xlab("") + ylab("") + theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1940, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.65, 0.25),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = 0.01*seq(-100, 90, 10),
                     labels = scales::percent_format(accuracy = 1)) +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed")