Deutsche Bundesbank — International Investment Position ( currency: Gold fine troy ounces) (BBFI3)

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Official time series dataset published by the Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, covering Germany's International Investment Position with values denominated in gold (fine troy ounces), under the BBFI3 dataflow. Data is delivered via SDMX 2.1 REST from a single endpoint supporting XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON formats. Users can extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters, enabling targeted retrieval of national external asset and liability statistics for economic analysis and research.International Investment Position ( currency: Gold fine troy ounces) (BBFI3) — official time series from the Deutsche Bundesbank, published as the BBFI3 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 (26 fields)

Filterable via the API (16)

BBK_STD_FREQBBK_STD_ADJUSTMENTBBK_STD_REF_AREABBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREABBK_ES_REF_SECTORBBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTORBBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRYBBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRYBBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEMBBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CATBBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIFBBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIGBBK_STD_CURRENCYBBK_ES_VALUATIONBBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHODTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
BBK_STD_FREQ	dimension	1 codes (e.g. M)
BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT	dimension	1 codes (e.g. N)
BBK_STD_REF_AREA	dimension	1 codes (e.g. DE)
BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREA	dimension	1 codes (e.g. W19)
BBK_ES_REF_SECTOR	dimension	1 codes (e.g. S121)
BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTOR	dimension	1 codes (e.g. S1N)
BBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRY	dimension	1 codes (e.g. LE)
BBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRY	dimension	1 codes (e.g. A)
BBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEM	dimension	1 codes (e.g. FA)
BBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CAT	dimension	1 codes (e.g. R)
BBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIF	dimension	1 codes (e.g. F11A)
BBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIG	dimension	1 codes (e.g. _Z)
BBK_STD_CURRENCY	dimension	1 codes (e.g. XAU)
BBK_ES_VALUATION	dimension	1 codes (e.g. _Z)
BBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHOD	dimension	1 codes (e.g. N)
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: 118.975 · TIME_PERIOD: 1998-12

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "118.975",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1998-12",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_ES_VALUATION": "_Z",
  "BBK_STD_CURRENCY": "XAU",
  "BBK_STD_REF_AREA": "DE",
  "BBK_ES_REF_SECTOR": "S121",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEM": "FA",
  "BBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIG": "_Z",
  "BBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHOD": "N",
  "BBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CAT": "R",
  "BBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "A",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREA": "W19",
  "BBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRY": "LE",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1N",
  "BBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIF": "F11A"
}

Record 2OBS_VALUE: 111.519 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-01

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "111.519",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-01",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_ES_VALUATION": "_Z",
  "BBK_STD_CURRENCY": "XAU",
  "BBK_STD_REF_AREA": "DE",
  "BBK_ES_REF_SECTOR": "S121",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEM": "FA",
  "BBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIG": "_Z",
  "BBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHOD": "N",
  "BBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CAT": "R",
  "BBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "A",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREA": "W19",
  "BBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRY": "LE",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1N",
  "BBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIF": "F11A"
}

Record 3OBS_VALUE: 111.519 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-02

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "111.519",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-02",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_ES_VALUATION": "_Z",
  "BBK_STD_CURRENCY": "XAU",
  "BBK_STD_REF_AREA": "DE",
  "BBK_ES_REF_SECTOR": "S121",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEM": "FA",
  "BBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIG": "_Z",
  "BBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHOD": "N",
  "BBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CAT": "R",
  "BBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "A",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREA": "W19",
  "BBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRY": "LE",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1N",
  "BBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIF": "F11A"
}

Record 4OBS_VALUE: 111.519 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-03

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "111.519",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-03",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_ES_VALUATION": "_Z",
  "BBK_STD_CURRENCY": "XAU",
  "BBK_STD_REF_AREA": "DE",
  "BBK_ES_REF_SECTOR": "S121",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEM": "FA",
  "BBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIG": "_Z",
  "BBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHOD": "N",
  "BBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CAT": "R",
  "BBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "A",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREA": "W19",
  "BBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRY": "LE",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1N",
  "BBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIF": "F11A"
}

Record 5OBS_VALUE: 111.519 · TIME_PERIOD: 1999-04

{
  "OBS_VALUE": "111.519",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "1999-04",
  "BBK_STD_FREQ": "M",
  "BBK_ES_VALUATION": "_Z",
  "BBK_STD_CURRENCY": "XAU",
  "BBK_STD_REF_AREA": "DE",
  "BBK_ES_REF_SECTOR": "S121",
  "BBK_STD_ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "BBK_ES_INT_ACC_ITEM": "FA",
  "BBK_ES_MATURITY_ORIG": "_Z",
  "BBK_ESBOP_COMP_METHOD": "N",
  "BBK_ES_FUNCTIONAL_CAT": "R",
  "BBK_ES_ACCOUNTING_ENTRY": "A",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_AREA": "W19",
  "BBK_ES_FLOW_STOCK_ENTRY": "LE",
  "BBK_ES_COUNTERPART_SECTOR": "S1N",
  "BBK_ES_INSTR_ASSETS_CLASSIF": "F11A"
}

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