Last observation: sept. 2026 (N = 761)
First observation: janv. 1980 (N = 76)
Last data update: 30 sept. 2026, 22:32
Last compile: 09 oct. 2026, 22:15
Structure
Construction Confidence Indicator
France, Germany, Italy, Spain
Code
ei_bsbu_m_r2 |>
filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
indic == "BS-CCI-BAL",
s_adj == "SA") |>
month_to_date() |>
filter(date >= as.Date("1990-01-01")) |>
add_flag_color("Geo") |>
ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1990, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
labels = date_format("%Y")) +
xlab("") + ylab("Construction confidence indicator (balance, pp)") +
geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")
France: Factors Limiting Building Activity
Code
ei_bsbu_m_r2 |>
filter(geo == "FR",
indic %in% c("BS-FLBA2-PC", "BS-FLBA4-PC", "BS-FLBA5-PC", "BS-FLBA7-PC"),
s_adj == "NSA") |>
month_to_date() |>
filter(date >= as.Date("2000-01-01")) |>
ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Indic)) +
theme_minimal() +
theme(legend.position = "right", legend.title = element_blank()) +
scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1990, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
labels = date_format("%Y")) +
xlab("") + ylab("Share of respondents citing factor (%)")
Latest Month by Country
Code
latest_m <- ei_bsbu_m_r2 |>
filter(indic == "BS-CCI-BAL",
s_adj == "SA",
geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "EA20", "EU27_2020"),
!is.na(values)) |>
summarise(m = max(time)) |>
pull(m)
ei_bsbu_m_r2 |>
filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES", "EA20", "EU27_2020"),
s_adj == "SA",
indic %in% c("BS-CCI-BAL", "BS-CEME-BAL", "BS-COB-BAL", "BS-CPE-BAL", "BS-CTA-BAL"),
time == latest_m) |>
select(Indic, Geo, values) |>
spread(Geo, values) |>
print_table_conditional()| Indic | European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) | France | Germany | Italy | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building activity development over the past 3 months | -2.5 | -18.2 | -10.7 | -3.5 | -3.3 |
| Construction confidence indicator | -6.1 | -17.2 | -13.2 | -2.1 | 7.0 |
| Employment expectations over the next 3 months - construction | 5.4 | -1.1 | -0.6 | 6.1 | 10.5 |
| Evolution of the current overall order books | -17.5 | -33.3 | -25.8 | -10.4 | 3.5 |
| Price expectations over the next 3 months | 14.0 | -5.6 | 17.2 | 13.6 | 6.7 |
indic
French
Code
indic <- read_parquet("indic_fr.parquet")
ei_bsbu_m_r2 |>
group_by(indic, Indic) |>
summarise(Nobs = n()) |>
arrange(-Nobs) |>
print_table_conditional()| indic | Indic | Nobs |
|---|---|---|
| BS-CEME-BAL | Employment expectations over the next 3 months - construction | 28016 |
| BS-COB-BAL | Evolution of the current overall order books | 27940 |
| BS-CCI-BAL | Construction confidence indicator | 27908 |
| BS-CTA-BAL | Building activity development over the past 3 months | 27598 |
| BS-CPE-BAL | Price expectations over the next 3 months | 26860 |
| BS-FLBA4-PC | Factors limiting building activity - shortage of labour | 22671 |
| BS-FLBA1-PC | Factors limiting building activity - none | 22664 |
| BS-FLBA5-PC | Factors limiting building activity - shortage of material and/or equipment | 22498 |
| BS-FLBA3-PC | Factors limiting building activity - weather conditions | 22317 |
| BS-FLBA2-PC | Factors limiting building activity - insufficient demand | 22097 |
| BS-FLBA6-PC | Factors limiting building activity - other | 21927 |
| BS-FLBA7-PC | Factors limiting building activity - financial constraints | 19405 |