Deutsche Bundesbank — Business and consumer surveys of foreign countries (BBXS1)
Business and consumer surveys of foreign countries (BBXS1) is an official time series dataset published by the Deutsche Bundesbank as part of its statistical time series databases, covering economic sentiment indicators from business and consumer surveys conducted abroad. Data is distributed as the BBXS1 dataflow via the SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint supporting XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON output formats. Users can retrieve specific series using a key path combined with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters, allowing targeted extraction of time series relevant to economic and price analysis.Business and consumer surveys of foreign countries (BBXS1) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBXS1 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 (23 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BBK_STD_FREQ | dimension | Frequency code of the time series, e.g. annual or quarterly.2 codes (e.g. A, Q) |
| BBK_STD_AREA | dimension | Country or area code covered by the survey.22 codes (e.g. AT, BE, BG) |
| BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT | dimension | Code indicating whether the series is seasonally adjusted.2 codes (e.g. N, S) |
| BBK_EXBS_SOURCE | dimension | Code identifying the survey data source, e.g. EUBUCS.1 codes (e.g. EUBUCS) |
| BBK_EXBS_INTERVIEW | dimension | Code identifying the type of respondent surveyed, e.g. manufacturing.1 codes (e.g. MANU) |
| BBK_EXBS_QUESTION | dimension | Code identifying the specific survey question.1 codes (e.g. MAN013) |
| BBK_EXBS_BREAKDOWN | dimension | Code identifying the breakdown category applied to the data.1 codes (e.g. TT) |
| BBK_EXWA_TYPE | dimension | Code indicating the value type, e.g. percentage.1 codes (e.g. PCT) |
| BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX | dimension | Suffix code further specifying the series variant.1 codes (e.g. I00) |
| TIME_PERIOD | time | Time period of the observation, filterable via startPeriod/endPeriod.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Observed numeric value for the given series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMAT | attribute | Code specifying the format of the time period value.Code specifying the format of the time period value. |
| 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 time series.Bundesbank internal identifier for the time series. |
| BBK_UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value. |
| BBK_UNIT_MULT | attribute | Scaling factor applied to the observation value.Scaling factor applied to the observation value. |
| BBK_TITLE_ENG | attribute | English-language title of the time series.English-language title of the time series. |
| BBK_COMM_METH_ENG | attribute | English-language note on the data compilation methodology.English-language note on the data compilation methodology. |
| BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG | attribute | English-language note on the data source.English-language note on the data source. |
| WEB_CATEGORY | attribute | Category classification used for the Bundesbank website.Category classification used for the Bundesbank website. |
| BBK_DIFF_Y | attribute | Year-on-year change value for the series.Year-on-year change value for the series. |
| BBK_DIFF | attribute | Period-on-period change value for the series.Period-on-period change value for the series. |
| OBS_STATUS | attribute | Code indicating the status or quality of the observation.Code indicating the status or quality of the observation. |
Schema captured from sdmx 2 days ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (5 records)
Record 1BBK_DIFF: — · OBS_VALUE: 84.1
{
"BBK_DIFF": null,
"OBS_VALUE": "84.1",
"BBK_DIFF_Y": null,
"OBS_STATUS": null,
"TIME_PERIOD": "1996",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PCT",
"BBK_EXBS_SOURCE": "EUBUCS",
"BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
"BBK_EXBS_QUESTION": "MAN013",
"BBK_EXBS_BREAKDOWN": "TT",
"BBK_EXBS_INTERVIEW": "MANU",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}Record 2BBK_DIFF: — · OBS_VALUE: 85.4
{
"BBK_DIFF": null,
"OBS_VALUE": "85.4",
"BBK_DIFF_Y": "1.5",
"OBS_STATUS": null,
"TIME_PERIOD": "1997",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PCT",
"BBK_EXBS_SOURCE": "EUBUCS",
"BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
"BBK_EXBS_QUESTION": "MAN013",
"BBK_EXBS_BREAKDOWN": "TT",
"BBK_EXBS_INTERVIEW": "MANU",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}Record 3BBK_DIFF: — · OBS_VALUE: 87.3
{
"BBK_DIFF": null,
"OBS_VALUE": "87.3",
"BBK_DIFF_Y": "2.2",
"OBS_STATUS": null,
"TIME_PERIOD": "1998",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PCT",
"BBK_EXBS_SOURCE": "EUBUCS",
"BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
"BBK_EXBS_QUESTION": "MAN013",
"BBK_EXBS_BREAKDOWN": "TT",
"BBK_EXBS_INTERVIEW": "MANU",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}Record 4BBK_DIFF: — · OBS_VALUE: 85.2
{
"BBK_DIFF": null,
"OBS_VALUE": "85.2",
"BBK_DIFF_Y": "-2.4",
"OBS_STATUS": null,
"TIME_PERIOD": "1999",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PCT",
"BBK_EXBS_SOURCE": "EUBUCS",
"BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
"BBK_EXBS_QUESTION": "MAN013",
"BBK_EXBS_BREAKDOWN": "TT",
"BBK_EXBS_INTERVIEW": "MANU",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}Record 5BBK_DIFF: — · OBS_VALUE: 88.3
{
"BBK_DIFF": null,
"OBS_VALUE": "88.3",
"BBK_DIFF_Y": "3.6",
"OBS_STATUS": null,
"TIME_PERIOD": "2000",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "AT",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_EXWA_TYPE": "PCT",
"BBK_EXBS_SOURCE": "EUBUCS",
"BBK_EXWA_SUFFIX": "I00",
"BBK_EXBS_QUESTION": "MAN013",
"BBK_EXBS_BREAKDOWN": "TT",
"BBK_EXBS_INTERVIEW": "MANU",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N"
}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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