# Household Finance and Consumption Survey, HFCS (also usually used in German; less frequently, household survey on financing and consumption issues)

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## Definition

Comprehensive and primarily survey-based statement of household assets and liabilities introduced by the ECB. - See non-response, household survey, travel-payments. - Cf. Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Bulletin of January 2012, pp. 29 ff. (detailed presentation of the HFCS with regard to Germany; methodological issues; numerous overviews), Cf. ECB Monthly Bulletin of April 2013, pp. 85 ff. (detailed and in-depth presentation of the Eurosystem household survey; overviews; literature references; key findings). Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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