Deutsche Bundesbank — Financial Accounts - internet time series (BBAF3)

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This dataset provides the Financial Accounts internet time series (BBAF3) published by the Deutsche Bundesbank, covering German national financial accounts data. It is distributed as an SDMX 2.1 REST dataflow, with a single endpoint serving XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON formats depending on the requested parameter. Users can extract specific series by specifying a key path along with filters such as startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations, allowing targeted retrieval of time series without downloading the full dataset. It is intended for statistical and economic analysis of German financial accounts data.Financial Accounts - internet time series (BBAF3) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBAF3 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 (21 fields)

Filterable via the API (11)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_FA_INSTRUMENTBBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTORBBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREABBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTORBBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREABBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPEBBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATIONBBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWNBBK_FA_LEVELTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. Q)
BBK_FA_INSTRUMENT	dimension	40 codes (e.g. F, F1, F11)
BBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTOR	dimension	15 codes (e.g. S1, S11, S12)
BBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREA	dimension	3 codes (e.g. W0, W1, DE)
BBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTOR	dimension	15 codes (e.g. S1, S11, S12)
BBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREA	dimension	3 codes (e.g. W1, DE, W0)
BBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPE	dimension	2 codes (e.g. F, LE)
BBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATION	dimension	1 codes (e.g. N)
BBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWN	dimension	2 codes (e.g. _X, R_B1G_4QS)
BBK_FA_LEVEL	dimension	1 codes (e.g. B)
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_ENG	attribute	—
BBK_UNIT_MULT	attribute	—
BBK_TITLE_ENG	attribute	—
WEB_CATEGORY	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: 121.5 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-Q1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "121.5",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-Q1",
  "BBK_FA_LEVEL": "B",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_FA_INSTRUMENT": "F",
  "BBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPE": "F",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREA": "W1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREA": "W0",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWN": "_X",
  "BBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATION": "N"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 84.1 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-Q2

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "84.1",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-Q2",
  "BBK_FA_LEVEL": "B",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_FA_INSTRUMENT": "F",
  "BBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPE": "F",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREA": "W1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREA": "W0",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWN": "_X",
  "BBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATION": "N"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 77.0 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-Q3

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "77.0",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-Q3",
  "BBK_FA_LEVEL": "B",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_FA_INSTRUMENT": "F",
  "BBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPE": "F",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREA": "W1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREA": "W0",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWN": "_X",
  "BBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATION": "N"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 103.9 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-Q4

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "103.9",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-Q4",
  "BBK_FA_LEVEL": "B",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_FA_INSTRUMENT": "F",
  "BBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPE": "F",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREA": "W1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREA": "W0",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWN": "_X",
  "BBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATION": "N"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 153.2 · TIME_PERIOD: 2000-Q1

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "153.2",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2000-Q1",
  "BBK_FA_LEVEL": "B",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "Q",
  "BBK_FA_INSTRUMENT": "F",
  "BBK_FA_AMOUNT_TYPE": "F",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_AREA": "W1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_AREA": "W0",
  "BBK_FA_DEBTOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CREDITOR_SECTOR": "S1",
  "BBK_FA_CUSTOM_BREAKDOWN": "_X",
  "BBK_AAFA2010_CONSOLIDATION": "N"
}

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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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