Deutsche Bundesbank — FVC - Financial vehicle corporation (BBBK8)
This dataset provides the BBBK8 time series on financial vehicle corporations (FVCs), published by Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany's central bank. The data is made available through the Bundesbank's SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint supporting multiple output formats: XML (SDMX-ML), CSV via a format=csv parameter, and JSON via format=json. Users can retrieve specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters, allowing precise extraction of the desired time range or observation count. The dataset is relevant for economic and financial analysis of securitisation vehicles and related monetary statistics in Germany, and is freely accessible without authentication.FVC - Financial vehicle corporation (BBBK8) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBBK8 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 (13 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 code identifying the reported data item.136 codes (e.g. TB001S, TB001T, TB002S) |
| 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 value observed for the given series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMAT | attribute | Format code describing how the time period is represented.Format code describing how the time period is represented. |
| 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 data series.Bundesbank internal identifier for the data series. |
| BBK_UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value. |
| BBK_UNIT_MULT | attribute | Multiplier applied to the unit of the observation value.Multiplier applied to the unit of the observation value. |
| BBK_TITLE_ENG | attribute | English-language title describing the data series.English-language title describing the data series. |
| OBS_STATUS | attribute | Status code indicating data quality, e.g. normal or estimated.Status code indicating data quality, e.g. normal or estimated. |
| BBK_DIFF | attribute | Difference value compared to the previous period.Difference value compared to the previous period. |
| BBK_DIFF_Y | attribute | Difference value compared to the same period last year.Difference value compared to the same period last year. |
Schema captured from sdmx 2 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
| BBK_STD_FREQ | BBK_STD_BBK01_KEYS | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE | OBS_STATUS | BBK_DIFF | BBK_DIFF_Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | TB001S | 2009-Q4 | 0 | N | — | — |
| Q | TB001S | 2010-Q1 | -572832 | — | — | — |
| Q | TB001S | 2010-Q2 | -31384 | — | 94.5 | — |
| Q | TB001S | 2010-Q3 | -4450 | — | 85.8 | — |
| Q | TB001S | 2010-Q4 | -68191 | — | -1432.4 | — |
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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