Bank Lending Survey [BLS]

Notes

Updated on DBnomics on December 21, 2023 (5:20 PM)

Frequency [FREQ]
Reference area - ISO2 [REF_AREA]
BLS - Banking coverage [BANK_SELECTION]
BLS - Enquiry item [BLS_ITEM]
BLS - Counterpart [BLS_COUNT]
BLS - Detailed counterpart [BLS_COUNT_DETAIL]
BLS - Time horizon [TIME_HORIZON]
BLS - Enquiry domain [EFFECT_DOMAIN]
BLS - Market Role [MARKET_ROLE]
BLS - agregation method [BLS_AGG_METHOD]

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Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [M] Monthly
  • [Q] Quarterly
[REF_AREA] Reference area - ISO2
  • [FR] France
[BANK_SELECTION] BLS - Banking coverage
  • [ALL] All banks
[BLS_ITEM] BLS - Enquiry item
  • [BC] Impact of bank competition
  • [BSC] Impact of funds and balance sheet constraints
  • [CCF] Impact of consumer confidence
  • [CF] Corporate cash credit
  • [CMP] Competitive pressure
  • [CP] Impact of capital position
  • [CRK] Corporate risk
  • [CRQ] Collateral requirements
  • [CWC] Impact of creditworthiness of consumers
  • [DR] Impact of debt restructuring
  • [DSI] Impact of debt securities issuance
  • [EF] External financing
  • [EQI] Impact of equity issuance
  • [FIX] Impact of fixed investment
  • [GEA] Impact of expectations regarding general economic activity
  • [GRK] Overall risk
  • [HMP] Impact of housing market prospects
  • [IF] Impact of internal financing
  • [IFO] Impact of industry or firm specific outlook
  • [INV] Impact of inventories and working capital
  • [IVT] Investment credit
  • [LCV] Loan covenants
  • [LE] Large enterprises
  • [LNB] Impact of loans from non-banks
  • [LOB] Impact of loans from other banks
  • [LP] Impact of liquidity position
  • [LTL] Long-term loans
  • [LVR] Impact of loan to value ratio
  • [MAA] Impact of mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring
  • [MAL] Margin on average loans
  • [MF] Impact of ability to access market financing
  • [MFC] Impact of market financing competition
  • [MRL] Margin on riskier loans
  • [MTY] Maturity
  • [NBC] Impact of non-bank competition
  • [NIC] Non interest rate charges
  • [O] Overall
  • [OSF] Impact of other sources of finance
  • [RCD] Impact of risk on the collateral demanded
  • [RRK] Retail risk
  • [RSK] Risk perception
  • [SDC] Impact of spending on durable consumer goods
  • [SME] Small- and medium-sized enterprises
  • [STL] Short-term loans
  • [SZL] Size of loans
  • [TOIL] impact of recent turmoil in the credit markets
  • [Z] Not applicable
[BLS_COUNT] BLS - Counterpart
  • [B] Banks
  • [E] Enterprise
  • [H] Household
[BLS_COUNT_DETAIL] BLS - Detailed counterpart
  • [C] Consumer credit
  • [DSM] Debt securities - medium to long term (including covered bonds)
  • [DSS] Debt securities - short term (e.g. certificates of deposit or commercial paper)
  • [H] Loans for house purchase
  • [LE] Large enterprises
  • [MMS] Interbank unsecured money market - short-term (more than one week)
  • [MMV] Interbank unsecured money market - very short term (up to one week)
  • [SCL] Securitisation of corporate loans
  • [SHL] Securitisation of loans for house purchase
  • [SME] Small and medium-sized enterprises
  • [Z] Not applicable
[TIME_HORIZON] BLS - Time horizon
  • [B1] Backward looking one month
  • [B3] Over the past three months
  • [F3] Over the next three months
[EFFECT_DOMAIN] BLS - Enquiry domain
  • [ST] Credit standards
  • [TC] Credit terms and conditions
  • [ZB] Decreasing
  • [ZH] Increasing
  • [ZS] Stable
  • [ZZ] Not applicable
[MARKET_ROLE] BLS - Market Role
  • [D] Loan demand
  • [S] Loan supply
[BLS_AGG_METHOD] BLS - agregation method
  • [BFNET] Weighted net percentage (tightened minus eased or reverse), based on the share of each bank in the total loan outstanding amount of the banks in the BLS sample
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