Deutsche Bundesbank — Business and consumer surveys of foreign countries (BBXS1)
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_ENG | attribute | English-language description of the unit of measurement.English-language description of the unit of measurement. |
| 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 1 month ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1OBS_VALUE: 84.1 · TIME_PERIOD: 1996
{
"OBS_VALUE": "84.1",
"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 2OBS_VALUE: 85.4 · TIME_PERIOD: 1997
{
"OBS_VALUE": "85.4",
"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 3OBS_VALUE: 87.3 · TIME_PERIOD: 1998
{
"OBS_VALUE": "87.3",
"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 4OBS_VALUE: 85.2 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999
{
"OBS_VALUE": "85.2",
"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 5OBS_VALUE: 88.3 · TIME_PERIOD: 2000
{
"OBS_VALUE": "88.3",
"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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Using the API
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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