Last updated:
3 February 2026 10:00 CET
Series key:
BLS.Q.U2.ALL.O.E.Z.B3.ZZ.D.WFNET
Loan demand
Overall
Enterprise
Backward looking three months
Weighted net percentage (tightened minus...
All banks
Loan demand
Overall
Enterprise
Backward looking thr...
Weighted net percent...
All banks
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Modification of original data
Time series dimensions
- Frequency
- Quarterly [Q]
- (Modified), Quarterly (Original) [Q]
- Reference area
- Euro area (changing composition) [U2]
- Bank selection
- All banks [ALL]
- Bank lending survey item
- Overall [O]
- BLS contract counterpart
- Enterprise [E]
- BLS counterpart motivation
- Not applicable [Z]
- Time horizon
- Backward looking three months [B3]
- Effect domain
- Not applicable [ZZ]
- Market role
- Loan demand [D]
- BLS aggregation method
- Weighted net percentage (tightened minus eased or reverse) based on the share of each country in the total loan outstanding amounts of the area aggregate [WFNET]
Data information
- Series key
- BLS.Q.U2.ALL.O.E.Z.B3.ZZ.D.WFNET
- Last updated
- 3 February 2026 10:00 CET
- Unit
- Percent
- Frequency
- Quarterly (Q)
- Reference area
- Euro area (changing composition) (U2)
- Collection indicator
- Beginning of period (B)
- Decimals
- Zero (0)
- Source
- ESCB
Related publications
Press release on bank lending survey
The euro area bank lending survey (BLS) provides information on bank lending conditions in the euro area. It supplements existing statistics with information on the supply of, and demand for, loans to enterprises and households. It is usually published four times a year in January, April, July and October.