Deutsche Bundesbank — consolidated financial statement statistics (BBDB2)
consolidated financial statement statistics (BBDB2) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBDB2 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 (29 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BBK_STD_FREQ | dimension | Frequency of the time series, e.g. annual or half-yearly.2 codes (e.g. A, H) |
| BBK_STD_AREA | dimension | Reference area or country code covered by the observation.1 codes (e.g. DE) |
| BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT | dimension | Code indicating whether data are adjusted (e.g. seasonally).2 codes (e.g. N, Y) |
| BBK_DOBS_COMPANY | dimension | Code identifying the company or group of companies covered.3 codes (e.g. A, BN2BCDEF, BN2GHIJLMNOPQRS) |
| BBK_DOBS_BALANCETYPE | dimension | Code for the type of financial statement (e.g. consolidated).1 codes (e.g. C) |
| BBK_DOBS_ACCOUNTING | dimension | Accounting standard used for the statement, e.g. IFRS.1 codes (e.g. IFRS) |
| BBK_DOBS_LISTING | dimension | Code indicating the stock exchange listing status of the company.1 codes (e.g. B) |
| BBK_DOBS_SIZE | dimension | Code for the company size category.1 codes (e.g. A) |
| BBK_DOBS_LEGALFORM | dimension | Code for the legal form of the company.1 codes (e.g. K) |
| BBK_DOBS_INDICATORCATEGORY | dimension | Code for the broad category of the financial indicator.3 codes (e.g. A, E, P) |
| BBK_DOBS_INDICATOR | dimension | Code identifying the specific financial statement indicator.19 codes (e.g. A001, A003, A007) |
| BBK_DOBS_BASIS | dimension | Code for the basis or method underlying the indicator's calculation.9 codes (e.g. ABA, VWM, VGJ) |
| BBK_DO_SUFFIX | dimension | Suffix code further qualifying the data series definition.1 codes (e.g. A) |
| TIME_PERIOD | time | Time period of the observation; filterable via startPeriod/endPeriod.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for the series.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMAT | attribute | Code describing the format of the time period value.Code describing 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 | Internal Bundesbank identifier for the data series.Internal Bundesbank identifier for the data series. |
| BBK_UNIT | attribute | Code for the unit of measurement of the observation value.Code for the unit of measurement of the observation value. |
| BBK_UNIT_MULT | attribute | Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement (e.g. scale factor).Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement (e.g. scale factor). |
| BBK_TITLE_ENG | attribute | English-language title of the data series.English-language title of the data series. |
| WEB_CATEGORY | attribute | Category under which the series is published on the Bundesbank website.Category under which the series is published on the Bundesbank website. |
| BBK_COMM_GEN_ENG | attribute | General English-language comment or note on the series.General English-language comment or note on the series. |
| BBK_COMM_SRC_ENG | attribute | English-language comment on the data source.English-language comment on the data source. |
| BBK_UMR_ENG | attribute | English-language note on methodological changes affecting the series.English-language note on methodological changes affecting the series. |
| UNIT_ENG | attribute | English-language description of the unit of measurement.English-language description of the unit of measurement. |
| BBK_DIFF_Y | attribute | Indicator of year-on-year difference or change flag.Indicator of year-on-year difference or change flag. |
| OBS_STATUS | attribute | Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. estimated.Status code describing the nature of the observation, e.g. estimated. |
| BBK_DIFF | attribute | Indicator of period-on-period difference or change flag.Indicator of period-on-period difference or change flag. |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1OBS_VALUE: 1498916563 · TIME_PERIOD: 2007
{
"OBS_VALUE": "1498916563",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2007",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "DE",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_SIZE": "A",
"BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_BASIS": "ABA",
"BBK_DOBS_COMPANY": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_LISTING": "B",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATOR": "A001",
"BBK_DOBS_LEGALFORM": "K",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BBK_DOBS_ACCOUNTING": "IFRS",
"BBK_DOBS_BALANCETYPE": "C",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATORCATEGORY": "A"
}Record 2OBS_VALUE: 1584065532 · TIME_PERIOD: 2008
{
"OBS_VALUE": "1584065532",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2008",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "DE",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_SIZE": "A",
"BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_BASIS": "ABA",
"BBK_DOBS_COMPANY": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_LISTING": "B",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATOR": "A001",
"BBK_DOBS_LEGALFORM": "K",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BBK_DOBS_ACCOUNTING": "IFRS",
"BBK_DOBS_BALANCETYPE": "C",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATORCATEGORY": "A"
}Record 3OBS_VALUE: 1590081249 · TIME_PERIOD: 2009
{
"OBS_VALUE": "1590081249",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2009",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "DE",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_SIZE": "A",
"BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_BASIS": "ABA",
"BBK_DOBS_COMPANY": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_LISTING": "B",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATOR": "A001",
"BBK_DOBS_LEGALFORM": "K",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BBK_DOBS_ACCOUNTING": "IFRS",
"BBK_DOBS_BALANCETYPE": "C",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATORCATEGORY": "A"
}Record 4OBS_VALUE: 1711055781 · TIME_PERIOD: 2010
{
"OBS_VALUE": "1711055781",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2010",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "DE",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_SIZE": "A",
"BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_BASIS": "ABA",
"BBK_DOBS_COMPANY": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_LISTING": "B",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATOR": "A001",
"BBK_DOBS_LEGALFORM": "K",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BBK_DOBS_ACCOUNTING": "IFRS",
"BBK_DOBS_BALANCETYPE": "C",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATORCATEGORY": "A"
}Record 5OBS_VALUE: 1800423660 · TIME_PERIOD: 2011
{
"OBS_VALUE": "1800423660",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2011",
"BBK_STD_AREA": "DE",
"BBK_STD_FREQ": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_SIZE": "A",
"BBK_DO_SUFFIX": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_BASIS": "ABA",
"BBK_DOBS_COMPANY": "A",
"BBK_DOBS_LISTING": "B",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATOR": "A001",
"BBK_DOBS_LEGALFORM": "K",
"BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BBK_DOBS_ACCOUNTING": "IFRS",
"BBK_DOBS_BALANCETYPE": "C",
"BBK_DOBS_INDICATORCATEGORY": "A"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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