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

Data - Eurostat

Author

François Geerolf

Info

Last observation: 2023M03 (N = 48)

First observation: 2006M04 (N = 48)

Last data update: 14 aoû 2026, 21:39. Last compile: 18 aoû 2026, 00:29

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

French

Code

indic <- read_parquet("indic_fr.parquet")
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