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European Central Bank — PMC dataflow
Official time series published by the European Central Bank as the PMC dataflow through its Data Portal, covering price statistics relevant to monetary policy analysis. Data is served via SDMX 2.1 REST from a single endpoint, available in XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata) formats, and can be filtered using key paths and time period parameters. The dataset supports structured, machine-readable access to eurozone economic and price data for research, analysis, and integration into external systems.Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the PMC dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata), with key-path and period filters.
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Data schema (28 fields)
Filterable via the API (9)
FREQREF_AREACOUNT_AREATRMNL_LCTNRMT_INTTNMRCHNT_CTGRY_CDTRANSFORMATIONUNIT_MEASURETIME_PERIOD
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the time series, e.g. quarterly.1 codes (e.g. Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Reference country or area the data relates to.27 codes (e.g. Austria, EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition, Belgium) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | Counterpart area for the transaction, if applicable.1 codes (e.g. Not applicable) |
| TRMNL_LCTNPOS location | dimension | Location of the point-of-sale terminal relative to the EEA.5 codes (e.g. Extra European Economic Area (EEA), Other European Economic Area (EEA) countries (all EEA countries excluding the reference area), World (all entities, including reference area, including IO)) |
| RMT_INTTNRemote or non-remote initiation | dimension | Whether the payment was initiated remotely or non-remotely.2 codes (e.g. Initiated via non-remote channel, Intiated via remote channel) |
| MRCHNT_CTGRY_CDMerchant category | dimension | Merchant category code classifying the type of business.60 codes (e.g. Local and suburban commuter passenger transportation, including ferries, Passenger railways, Taxi-cabs and limousines) |
| TRANSFORMATION | dimension | Type of data transformation applied, e.g. non-transformed.1 codes (e.g. Non transformed data) |
| UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure | dimension | Unit in which the observation value is measured.3 codes (e.g. Euro, Pure number, Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parity or market exchange rate)) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time period of the observation, filterable by start/end date.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.Code indicating the format of the time period. |
| BREAKS | attribute | Indicates breaks in the time series, if any.Indicates breaks in the time series, if any. |
| COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic | attribute | Comment describing the underlying statistic for the series.Comment describing the underlying statistic for the series. |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | Organisation that compiled the data.Organisation that compiled the data. |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | Organisation that disseminates the data.Organisation that disseminates the data. |
| TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection | attribute | Time period over which the data was collected.Time period over which the data was collected. |
| COVERAGE | attribute | Description of the data's coverage.Description of the data's coverage. |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | Information on how the underlying data was compiled.Information on how the underlying data was compiled. |
| DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal places in the observation value.Number of decimal places in the observation value. |
| METHOD_REFMethodology reference | attribute | Reference to the methodology used for compilation.Reference to the methodology used for compilation. |
| TITLE | attribute | Title of the data series.Title of the data series. |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | Additional complementary information to the series title.Additional complementary information to the series title. |
| UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement for the series.Unit of measurement for the series. |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement.Multiplier applied to the unit of measurement. |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | Status code of the observation, e.g. provisional.Status code of the observation, e.g. provisional. |
| CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status | attribute | Confidentiality status of the observation.Confidentiality status of the observation. |
| PRE_BREAK_VALUE | attribute | Value of the series immediately before a break.Value of the series immediately before a break. |
| COMMENT_OBSComments to the observation value | attribute | Comment relating to the specific observation value.Comment relating to the specific observation value. |
Schema captured from sdmx 2 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 1.6636213700000002,
"RMT_INTTN": "NR",
"COUNT_AREA": "_Z",
"OBS_STATUS": "P",
"TRMNL_LCTN": "G1",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"MRCHNT_CTGRY_CD": "4111",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 2FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.22171000000000005,
"RMT_INTTN": "NR",
"COUNT_AREA": "_Z",
"OBS_STATUS": "P",
"TRMNL_LCTN": "G1",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"MRCHNT_CTGRY_CD": "4111",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 3FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 1.5513621500000003,
"RMT_INTTN": "NR",
"COUNT_AREA": "_Z",
"OBS_STATUS": "P",
"TRMNL_LCTN": "G1",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"MRCHNT_CTGRY_CD": "4112",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 4FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.04084600000000001,
"RMT_INTTN": "NR",
"COUNT_AREA": "_Z",
"OBS_STATUS": "P",
"TRMNL_LCTN": "G1",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"MRCHNT_CTGRY_CD": "4112",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 5FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: AT
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"OBS_VALUE": 1.6231305799999993,
"RMT_INTTN": "NR",
"COUNT_AREA": "_Z",
"OBS_STATUS": "P",
"TRMNL_LCTN": "G1",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q2",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"MRCHNT_CTGRY_CD": "4121",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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