European Central Bank — PPC dataflow

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Official statistical time series published by the European Central Bank as part of its Data Portal, under the PPC dataflow (relating to prices statistics). Data is delivered through an SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint, with support for XML (SDMX-ML), CSV and JSON output formats, selectable via query parameters. Users can filter results by series key paths and by time period. The dataset covers euro area and EU price-related indicators and is intended for economic analysis, monitoring and research by institutions, analysts and the public requiring standardised access to ECB statistical series.Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the PPC 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 (30 fields)

Filterable via the API (11)

FREQREF_AREACOUNT_AREATRMNL_LCTNTYP_TRNSCTNRL_TRNSCTNINTTN_CHNNLPSP_CTGRYTRANSFORMATIONUNIT_MEASURETIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	Frequency of the time series, e.g. annual or half-yearly.2 codes (e.g. Annual, Half-yearly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	Reference country or area the data relates to.29 codes (e.g. Austria, EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition, Belgium)
COUNT_AREACounterpart area	dimension	Counterpart country or area in the transaction.35 codes (e.g. Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus)
TRMNL_LCTNPOS location	dimension	Location of the point-of-sale terminal relative to the EEA.6 codes (e.g. Not applicable, World (all entities, including reference area, including IO), Extra European Economic Area (EEA))
TYP_TRNSCTNPayment transaction type	dimension	Type of payment transaction, e.g. credit transfer or direct debit.8 codes (e.g. Credit transfers, Direct debits, Money remittances)
RL_TRNSCTNRole in transaction	dimension	Role of the reporting payment service provider in the transaction.2 codes (e.g. Payer's payment service provider (PSP), Payee's payment service provider (PSP))
INTTN_CHNNLInitiation channel	dimension	Channel used to initiate the payment, e.g. OTC or e-money card.4 codes (e.g. All, Over-the-counter (OTC), E-money card)
PSP_CTGRYPayment service provider category	dimension	Category of payment service provider, e.g. credit institution.5 codes (e.g. Post office giro, Credit institutions, Payment institutions)
TRANSFORMATION	dimension	Indicates whether the data has been transformed from the original source.1 codes (e.g. Non transformed data)
UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure	dimension	Unit in which the observation value is measured, e.g. euro.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 covered by the observation.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	Numeric value observed for the given data point.The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMATTime format code	attribute	Code indicating the format used for the time period.Code indicating the format used for the time period.
BREAKS	attribute	Indicates breaks in the time series continuity.Indicates breaks in the time series continuity.
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 used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value.
METHOD_REFMethodology reference	attribute	Reference to the methodology used for compiling the data.Reference to the methodology used for compiling the data.
TITLE	attribute	Title of the data series.Title of the data series.
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	Additional complementary title information for the series.Additional complementary title information for the series.
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 describing the quality or nature of the observation.Status code describing the quality or nature of the observation.
CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status	attribute	Confidentiality status of the observation value.Confidentiality status of the observation value.
PRE_BREAK_VALUE	attribute	Value of the observation prior to a recorded break in the series.Value of the observation prior to a recorded break in the series.
COMMENT_OBSComments to the observation value	attribute	Comment relating to the specific observation value.Comment relating to the specific observation value.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 0,
  "PSP_CTGRY": "S11A",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "TRMNL_LCTN": "_Z",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 2FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 0,
  "PSP_CTGRY": "S11A",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "TRMNL_LCTN": "_Z",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 3FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 24190.73308176,
  "PSP_CTGRY": "S122C",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "TRMNL_LCTN": "_Z",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 4FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": 1.607139,
  "PSP_CTGRY": "S122C",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "A",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "TRMNL_LCTN": "_Z",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

Record 5FREQ: A · REF_AREA: AT

{
  "FREQ": "A",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "OBS_VALUE": null,
  "PSP_CTGRY": "S126C",
  "COUNT_AREA": "BE",
  "OBS_STATUS": "Q",
  "RL_TRNSCTN": "1",
  "TRMNL_LCTN": "_Z",
  "COMMENT_OBS": null,
  "CONF_STATUS": "F",
  "INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
  "TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
  "UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
  "TRANSFORMATION": "N",
  "PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}

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