BIS Review 141/2010  1  In the eighties, INSEE started its Enquête Patrimoine and Statistics Finland its Survey of Household Wealth. In 1994 a survey of Portuguese households’ wealth and debt was conducted by the National Statistical Office in Portugal, encouraged by the Banco de Portugal.
In 1999 the first Cyprus Survey of Consumer Finances was launched as a joint project between the University of Cyprus and the Central Bank of Cyprus. In 2002, the Bank of Spain started its Survey of Household Finances.