Deutsche Bundesbank — BSI - Borrowers statistics (MFI) (BBBK3)
BBBK3 is an official time series dataflow published by the Deutsche Bundesbank, part of its Balance Sheet Items Statistics (BSI) covering borrower statistics for Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI) in Germany. The data is distributed via an SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint, which supports XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON output formats. Users can retrieve specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters. The dataset is useful for economic and financial analysis of lending relationships within the German monetary financial sector.BSI - Borrowers statistics (MFI) (BBBK3) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBBK3 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 (16 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BBK_STD_FREQ | dimension | Frequency code of the time series, e.g. quarterly (Q).1 codes (e.g. Q) |
| BBK_STD_BBK01_KEYS | dimension | Series-specific key identifying the borrowers statistics indicator.1945 codes (e.g. PB0001, PB0005, PB0006) |
| TIME_PERIOD | time | Time period of the observation; filterable via startPeriod/endPeriod.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Numeric observed value for the given series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMAT | attribute | Format code describing how the time period is expressed.Format code describing how the time period is expressed. |
| BBK_DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal places used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value. |
| BBK_ID | attribute | Bundesbank internal identifier for the series.Bundesbank internal identifier for the series. |
| BBK_UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value. |
| BBK_UNIT_MULT | attribute | Unit multiplier applied to the observation value, e.g. thousands.Unit multiplier applied to the observation value, e.g. thousands. |
| WEB_CATEGORY | attribute | Category code used to classify the series on the Bundesbank website.Category code used to classify the series on the Bundesbank website. |
| BBK_COMM_GEN_ENG | attribute | General English-language comment or note about the series.General English-language comment or note about the series. |
| BBK_TITLE_ENG | attribute | English title describing the series content.English title describing the series content. |
| BBK_EURO | attribute | Value expressed or converted in euro terms.Value expressed or converted in euro terms. |
| BBK_DIFF | attribute | Absolute change of the observation from the previous period.Absolute change of the observation from the previous period. |
| BBK_DIFF_Y | attribute | Absolute change of the observation compared to the same period last year.Absolute change of the observation compared to the same period last year. |
| OBS_STATUS | attribute | Status code indicating data quality or estimation type of the observation.Status code indicating data quality or estimation type of the observation. |
Schema captured from sdmx 2 days ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
| BBK_STD_FREQ | BBK_STD_BBK01_KEYS | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE | BBK_EURO | BBK_DIFF | BBK_DIFF_Y | OBS_STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | PB0001 | 1969-Q1 | 1.961 | 1.003 | — | — | — |
| Q | PB0001 | 1969-Q2 | 1.291 | 0.660 | -34.2 | — | — |
| Q | PB0001 | 1969-Q3 | 0.904 | 0.462 | -30.0 | — | — |
| Q | PB0001 | 1969-Q4 | 5.010 | 2.562 | 454.2 | — | — |
| Q | PB0001 | 1970-Q1 | -0.724 | -0.370 | -114.5 | -136.9 | — |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Query examples
curl -s 'https://api.statistiken.bundesbank.de/rest/metadata/dataflow/BBK' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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