This paper compares the main findings from the third wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2016 the median Maltese household held more real … of homeownership in Malta, the median net wealth in Malta was estimated to be significantly higher than in the euro area …

This paper compares the main findings from the fourth wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2020 the median Maltese household held more real … of homeownership in Malta, the median net wealth in Malta was estimated to be significantly higher than in the euro area …

This report summarises the methodologies used in the fourth wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption … Survey, which provides household-level data collected in a harmonised way in all 19 euro area countries, as well as in the …

subdued as household income increases, since at that point real estate wealth becomes dominant. Finally, we discover that …This paper analyzes the distribution of household portfolios in Türkiye using a fresh data set, the Central Bank of the … Republic of Türkiye - Household Finance and Consumption Survey. The empirical analysis concentrates on the motives behind …

This paper studies the direct impact of households' debt on consumption over the business cycle. We use household …

fluctuations in household wealth have driven major swings in economic activity. This paper considers so-called wealth effects - the … impact of changes in wealth on household consumption and the overall macroeconomy. There is an extensive existing literature …The effect of wealth on consumption is an issue of longstanding interest to economists. Analysts believe that …

expectations. Extrapolative income expectations help explain state-dependent household debt cycles qualitatively and quantitatively …

This report summarises the stylized facts from the fourth wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption … Survey, which provides household-level data collected in a harmonised way in all 19 euro area countries, as well as in the … household assets and liabilities, income, and indicators of consumption and credit constraints. …

The results from the second wave of the Eurosysystem's Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) indicate that …