Global MacroDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

EU Business and Consumer Surveys (European Commission)

EU and euro-area countries, monthly

Freeauth: noneCC-BY-4.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree time-series downloads; no key.
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Commercial use?: YesCC-BY-4.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: EU-owned content on Commission sites is under CC BY 4.0 per the Commission legal notice linked from the page footer.
Required attribution: Required under CC BY 4.0: credit the European Commission as the source and indicate changes.

Open economy-finance.ec.europa.eu

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// Overview

EU Business and Consumer Surveys (European Commission)

The European Commission's business and consumer surveys give monthly confidence indicators for EU countries, including the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI), Employment Expectations Indicator and sectoral confidence indicators, as downloadable time series and through a new data browser with API access.

Coverage

EU and euro-area countries, monthly. The download page offers ZIP time-series files and says the new data browser offers "API access for automated data retrieval"; it notes that browser is in a testing phase and the existing files remain available.

Good for

#global-macro#sentiment#europe#monthly#time-series

Verdict

Keyless time-series files, plus a data browser in testing. A timely sentiment signal that leads hard data; seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series are both offered. Licensed CC-BY-4.0: the Commission legal notice linked from the page says "Unless otherwise indicated (e.g. in individual copyright notices), content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence." and "This means that reuse is allowed, provided appropriate credit is given and changes are indicated." Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free time-series downloads; no key.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC-BY-4.0
License note	EU-owned content on Commission sites is under CC BY 4.0 per the Commission legal notice linked from the page footer.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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name: EU Business and Consumer Surveys (European Commission)
slug: ec-business-consumer-surveys
category: Global Macro
domain: Global Macro
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/ec-business-consumer-surveys
providerUrl: https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-forecast-and-surveys/business-and-consumer-surveys/download-business-and-consumer-survey-data/time-series_en
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free time-series downloads; no key.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-forecast-and-surveys/business-and-consumer-surveys/download-business-and-consumer-survey-data/time-series_en
coverage: EU and euro-area countries, monthly. The download page offers ZIP time-series files and says the new data browser offers "API access for automated data retrieval"; it notes that browser is in a testing phase and the existing files remain available.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-forecast-and-surveys/business-and-consumer-surveys/download-business-and-consumer-survey-data/time-series_en
https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-forecast-and-surveys/business-and-consumer-surveys_en
https://commission.europa.eu/legal-notice_en
tasks: global-macro
sentiment
europe
monthly
time-series
license: CC-BY-4.0
licenseUrl: https://commission.europa.eu/legal-notice_en
licenseNote: EU-owned content on Commission sites is under CC BY 4.0 per the Commission legal notice linked from the page footer.
attribution: Required under CC BY 4.0: credit the European Commission as the source and indicate changes.

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