Business surveys - NACE Rev. 2 activity - Financial services - monthly data - ei_bsfs_m

Data - Eurostat

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: Monthly: 2023M03 (N = 48)

First observation: Monthly: 2006M04 (N = 48)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 22:47. Last compile: 25 jul 2026, 20:40

Structure

Financial Services Confidence Indicator

Euro Area vs. EU27

Code

ei_bsfs_m %>%
  filter(indic == "BS-FCI",
         nace_r2 == "K",
         geo %in% c("EA", "EU27_2020")) %>%
  month_to_date %>%
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(2006, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.25, 0.15),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Financial services confidence indicator") +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")

Euro Area: Business Situation, Demand and Employment

Financial and Insurance Activities

Code

ei_bsfs_m %>%
  filter(geo == "EA",
         nace_r2 == "K",
         indic %in% c("BS-BSDP3", "BS-DEVP3", "BS-EEVP3")) %>%
  month_to_date %>%
  ggplot + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Indic)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(2006, 2100, 2), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = "bottom",
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  guides(color = guide_legend(nrow = 3)) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Balance of opinions (past 3 months)") +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")

indic

English

Code

ei_bsfs_m %>%
  
  group_by(indic, Indic) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

indic	Indic	Nobs
BS-BSDP3	Assessment of business situation over the past 3 months	1632
BS-DEVP3	Evolution of demand over the past 3 months	1632
BS-DEXN3	Evolution of demand expected over the next 3 months	1632
BS-EEVP3	Evolution of employment over the past 3 months	1632
BS-EEXN3	Evolution of employment expected over the next 3 months	1632
BS-FCI	Financial services confidence indicator	1632

French

Code

load_data("eurostat/indic_fr.RData")
ei_bsfs_m %>%
  
  group_by(indic, Indic) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

indic	Indic	Nobs
BS-BSDP3	Assessment of business situation over the past 3 months	1632
BS-DEVP3	Evolution of demand over the past 3 months	1632
BS-DEXN3	Evolution of demand expected over the next 3 months	1632
BS-EEVP3	Evolution of employment over the past 3 months	1632
BS-EEXN3	Evolution of employment expected over the next 3 months	1632
BS-FCI	Financial services confidence indicator	1632

s_adj

Code

ei_bsfs_m %>%
  
  group_by(s_adj, S_adj) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

s_adj	S_adj	Nobs
NSA	Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data)	9792

nace_r2

Code

ei_bsfs_m %>%
  
  group_by(nace_r2, Nace_r2) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  arrange(-Nobs) %>%
  print_table_conditional

nace_r2	Nace_r2	Nobs
K	Financial and insurance activities	2448
K64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	2448
K65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	2448
K66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	2448

time

Code

ei_bsfs_m %>%
  group_by(time) %>%
  summarise(Nobs = n()) %>%
  print_table_conditional