Projects and research networks

Collaboration on the project Household Finance and Consumption Network (HFCN) brings new insights based on comparable data on the finance situation and expenditure of households in eurozone.

The Household finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) in euro area countries is carried out on the basis of a 2008 ECB Governing Council Decision. It is primarily aimed at obtaining structural microeconomic data on household wealth and its components.

It has been carried out since 2010 at approximately three-yearly intervals using a harmonized methodology in euro area countries as well as in some other countries of the European Union.

Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) aims to provide a consistent analytical framework for assessing competitiveness from the perspective of aggregate data, company data, and global value chains.

NBS experts focus primarily on competitiveness research on the basis of hitherto little-used individual business indicators.

The Price-setting Microdata Analysis Network (PRISMA) is a research collaboration within the Eurosystem whose mandate expired in 2022.

Its main objective was to use individual price data to gain a deeper understanding of price formation in the EU and to better understand the dynamics of monetary policy transmission.