Household Finance and Consumption Network (HFCN)

The Household Finance and Consumption Network (HFCN) consists of survey specialists, statisticians and economists from the ECB, the national central banks of the Eurosystem and a number of national statistical institutes.

The HFCN conducts the Eurosystem's Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), which collects household-level data on household finances and consumption. There have been four survey waves, for which the data were released in April 2013, December 2016, March 2020, and July 2023, respectively.

About the network

The HFCN has been tasked by the Governing Council of the ECB with

• implementing the HFCS
• acting as a forum for research that uses survey data
• further developing the HFCS.

HFCS Conferences

• Joint ECB and Banca d'Italia Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, 2021
• Joint ECB and Central Bank of Ireland Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, 2019
• Joint ECB and Banque de France Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, 2017
• ECB Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, 2015
• ECB Conference on Household Finance and Consumption, 2013
• Joint conference organised by the Banque centrale du Luxembourg and the European Central Bank, 2010
• ECB-CFS conference on Household Finances and Consumption, 2008