Bank Lending Survey, BLS (also usually referred to as BLS in German; less frequently also referred to as the “Kreditgeschäft” or “lending survey”)

Quarterly survey on lending business in the euro area organized by the ECB since the beginning of 2003 with the aim of gaining the most accurate possible insight into the lending behavior of banks in the euro area. The survey results are published on the ECB’s website, where time series can also be found for comparison purposes. – See Economic Sentiment Indicator, Purchasing Managers’ Survey, Survey of Professional Forecasters, Lending Behavior, Leading Indicators. – Cf. also the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Monthly Report of June 2003 (detailed presentation of the survey method there), the Deutsche Bundesbank’s Monthly Report of August 2005, p. 35 (time series), the Deutsche Bundesbank’s 2005 Annual Report, p. 41 (diagrammatic presentation), ECB Monthly Report of February 2006, p. 18 ff. (overviews of results) ECB Monthly Report of November 2008, p. 61 ff. (reliability of survey results in turbulent times; overviews), Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report of January 2009, p. 15 ff. (detailed presentation; many overviews) as well as the respective Monthly Report of the ECB, Annual Report 2009 of the Deutsche Bundesbank, p. 65 (individual headings of the BLS 2002-2009), Monthly Report of the Deutsche Bundesbank of October 2010, pp. 42 f. (credit developments after the BLS in the wake of the financial crisis; overviews), ECB Monthly Bulletin of April 2012, p. 22 ff. (factors influencing lending to households since 1999; overviews), Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Bulletin of August 2014, p. 46 ff. (wide-ranging information on the BLS; overviews).

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