European Central Bank — Balance Sheet Items Statistics (tables 2 to 5 of the Blue Book) (BSP)

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Balance Sheet Items Statistics (tables 2 to 5 of the Blue Book) (BSP) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the BSP dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters. Browse and chart the same series on the ECB Data Portal.

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Data schema (33 fields)

Filterable via the API (12)

FREQREF_AREAADJUSTMENTBS_REP_SECTORBS_ITEMMATURITY_ORIGDATA_TYPECOUNT_AREABS_COUNT_SECTORCURRENCY_TRANSBS_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual, half-yearly, monthly.4 codes (e.g. Annual, Half-yearly, Monthly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	Country or reference area the observation relates to.30 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria)
ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator	dimension	Indicates whether the data is seasonally or working-day adjusted.1 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted)
BS_REP_SECTORBS reference sector breakdown	dimension	Institutional sector reporting the balance sheet data.14 codes (e.g. Electronic money institutions, NCBs, Credit institutions)
BS_ITEMBalance sheet item	dimension	Specific balance sheet item or category being measured.6 codes (e.g. Electronic money - Total, Intra-day loans (assets), Loans other than intraday (A20 - A2G))
MATURITY_ORIGOriginal maturity	dimension	Original maturity breakdown of the instrument, if applicable.2 codes (e.g. Total, Not applicable)
DATA_TYPE	dimension	Type of data reported, e.g. stocks, averages, or GDP ratio.4 codes (e.g. Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks), Average of the last reserve maintenance period, Stock as percentage of GDP)
COUNT_AREACounterpart area	dimension	Counterpart geographic area of the balance sheet item.6 codes (e.g. World not allocated (geographically), Euro area (changing composition), Extra Euro area)
BS_COUNT_SECTORBS counterpart sector	dimension	Institutional sector of the counterpart in the transaction.6 codes (e.g. Unspecified counterpart sector, Credit institutions (all credit institutions, according to EU Law), Credit institutions)
CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction	dimension	Currency in which the underlying transaction is denominated.20 codes (e.g. All currencies combined, Euro, Bulgarian lev)
BS_SUFFIXBalance sheet suffix	dimension	Indicates whether values are in euro or national currency.2 codes (e.g. Euro, National currency)
TIME_PERIODTime period or range	time	Time period of the observation; filterable via start/end period parameters.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	Numeric value of the observation for this series.The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMATTime format code	attribute	Code indicating the format of the time period value.Code indicating the format of the time period value.
BREAKS	attribute	Notes on structural breaks in the time series.Notes on structural breaks in the time series.
COLLECTIONCollection indicator	attribute	Indicator describing how the data was collected.Indicator describing how the data was collected.
COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for compiling the data.Organisation responsible for compiling the data.
DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation	attribute	Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.Organisation responsible for disseminating the data.
DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids	attribute	Identifier(s) of the corresponding domestic data series.Identifier(s) of the corresponding domestic data series.
PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only)	attribute	Reference to the ECB-only publication of this data.Reference to the ECB-only publication of this data.
PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only)	attribute	Reference to the euro-area-only publication of this data.Reference to the euro-area-only publication of this data.
PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public)	attribute	Reference to the public source publication of this data.Reference to the public source publication of this data.
UNIT_INDEX_BASE	attribute	Base period or value used for index calculations.Base period or value used for index calculations.
COMPILATION	attribute	Notes on the methodology used to compile the data.Notes on the methodology used to compile the data.
DECIMALS	attribute	Number of decimal places in the observation value.Number of decimal places in the observation value.
NAT_TITLENational language title	attribute	Title of the series in the national language.Title of the series in the national language.
SOURCE_AGENCY	attribute	Agency that originally supplied the data.Agency that originally supplied the data.
TITLE	attribute	Title describing the data series.Title describing the data series.
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	Additional descriptive complement to the series title.Additional descriptive complement to the series title.
UNIT	attribute	Unit of measurement for the observation value.Unit of measurement for the observation value.
UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier	attribute	Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the observation value.Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the observation value.
OBS_STATUSObservation status	attribute	Status code indicating quality or nature of the observation.Status code indicating quality or nature of the observation.
OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality	attribute	Confidentiality status of the observation.Confidentiality status of the observation.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1FREQ: A · BS_ITEM: LE0

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BS_ITEM": "LE0",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "OBS_VALUE": 0,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "BS_REP_SECTOR": "L",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}

Record 2FREQ: A · BS_ITEM: A2G

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BS_ITEM": "A2G",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "R",
  "OBS_VALUE": 171,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014",
  "BS_REP_SECTOR": "N",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "EUR",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "1130"
}

Record 3FREQ: A · BS_ITEM: A2G

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BS_ITEM": "A2G",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "R",
  "OBS_VALUE": 3,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "BS_REP_SECTOR": "N",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "EUR",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "1211"
}

Record 4FREQ: A · BS_ITEM: A2H

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BS_ITEM": "A2H",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "R",
  "OBS_VALUE": 10433.480550877553,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "U2",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014",
  "BS_REP_SECTOR": "N",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "EUR",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "1130"
}

Record 5FREQ: A · BS_ITEM: A2H

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "BS_ITEM": "A2H",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "R",
  "OBS_VALUE": 87416.39714285714,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "U2",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2021",
  "BS_REP_SECTOR": "N",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "EUR",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "1211"
}

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