The banks' loans (without securities) to domestic enterprises and households reported in the monthly balance sheet statistics (BISTA) are further broken down by sector in the quarterly borrowers statistics. These statistics provide an insight into the structure of and developments in the lending business with the most important groups of private borrowers. The data have been collected and published on the basis of the Federal Statistical Office's industrial classification system. Data dating back to 1999 are available for research purposes.

The quarterly Bank Lending Survey for the Euro Area (BLS) comprises qualitative questions on past and expected future lending policies by participating institutions to the private non-financial sector as well as questions on credit demand.

On the following page you will find charts on various topics from previous publications.

The Eurosystem’s monetary policy from 2020 was shaped by the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in inflation from 2021. This ultimately led to a series of Eurosystem policy rate hikes totalling 450 basis points (from July 2022 to September 2023).

Diese wissenschaftliche Studie im Auftrag der Deutschen Bundesbank beschäftigt sich mit der finanziellen Struktur, dem Einkommen und dem Ausgabeverhalten privater Haushalte. Sie ist Teil einer größeren Befragung für den gesamten Euroraum.

Der EZB-Rat hat beschlossen, weitere LTRO, genannt PELTRO (Pandemic emergency longer-term refinancing operation) durchzuführen, um die Liquiditätsbedingungen im Euroraum zu unterstützen und einen Beitrag zu leisten, das Funktionieren der Geldmärkte sicher zu stellen.