Deutsche Bundesbank — Bank Lending Survey (BBBU2)

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Official time series dataset from the Deutsche Bundesbank covering the Bank Lending Survey, published under the BBBU2 dataflow via an SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint. The same endpoint can return data as XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, or JSON, and supports selecting specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters. It provides survey-based indicators on bank lending conditions and credit standards in Germany, useful for economic and financial analysis at national level.Bank Lending Survey (BBBU2) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBBU2 dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csv) and JSON (?format=json); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters.

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Data schema (22 fields)

Filterable via the API (11)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_STD_AREA_WORLDBBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTIONBBK_BLS_ITEMBBK_BLS_COUNTBBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAILBBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZONBBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAINBBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLEBBK_BLS_AGG_METHODTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. Q)
BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD	dimension	1 codes (e.g. DE)
BBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTION	dimension	1 codes (e.g. ALL)
BBK_BLS_ITEM	dimension	51 codes (e.g. BC, BLR, BSC)
BBK_BLS_COUNT	dimension	2 codes (e.g. E, H)
BBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAIL	dimension	5 codes (e.g. LE, SME, Z)
BBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZON	dimension	2 codes (e.g. B3, F3)
BBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAIN	dimension	6 codes (e.g. ST, MA, MR)
BBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLE	dimension	2 codes (e.g. S, D)
BBK_BLS_AGG_METHOD	dimension	3 codes (e.g. A, DINX, FNET)
TIME_PERIOD	time	Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMAT	attribute	—
BBK_DECIMALS	attribute	—
BBK_ID	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_MULT	attribute	—
BBK_TITLE_ENG	attribute	—
WEB_CATEGORY	attribute	—
BBK_COMM_GEN_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF	attribute	—
BBK_DIFF_Y	attribute	—

Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1OBS_VALUE: 3.00 · TIME_PERIOD: 2008-Q2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "3.00",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2008-Q2",
  "BBK_BLS_ITEM": "BC",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT": "E",
  "BBK_BLS_AGG_METHOD": "A",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLE": "S",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAIL": "LE",
  "BBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZON": "B3",
  "BBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAIN": "ST",
  "BBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTION": "ALL"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 3.00 · TIME_PERIOD: 2008-Q3

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "3.00",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2008-Q3",
  "BBK_BLS_ITEM": "BC",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT": "E",
  "BBK_BLS_AGG_METHOD": "A",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLE": "S",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAIL": "LE",
  "BBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZON": "B3",
  "BBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAIN": "ST",
  "BBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTION": "ALL"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 2.88 · TIME_PERIOD: 2008-Q4

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "2.88",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2008-Q4",
  "BBK_BLS_ITEM": "BC",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT": "E",
  "BBK_BLS_AGG_METHOD": "A",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLE": "S",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAIL": "LE",
  "BBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZON": "B3",
  "BBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAIN": "ST",
  "BBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTION": "ALL"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 2.92 · TIME_PERIOD: 2009-Q1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "2.92",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2009-Q1",
  "BBK_BLS_ITEM": "BC",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT": "E",
  "BBK_BLS_AGG_METHOD": "A",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLE": "S",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAIL": "LE",
  "BBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZON": "B3",
  "BBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAIN": "ST",
  "BBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTION": "ALL"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 2.96 · TIME_PERIOD: 2009-Q2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "2.96",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2009-Q2",
  "BBK_BLS_ITEM": "BC",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT": "E",
  "BBK_BLS_AGG_METHOD": "A",
  "BBK_STD_AREA_WORLD": "DE",
  "BBK_BLS_MARKET_ROLE": "S",
  "BBK_BLS_COUNT_DETAIL": "LE",
  "BBK_BLS_TIME_HORIZON": "B3",
  "BBK_BLS_EFFECT_DOMAIN": "ST",
  "BBK_BLS_BANK_SELECTION": "ALL"
}

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curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'

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