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European Central Bank — PST dataflow
Official statistical time series published by the European Central Bank as the PST dataflow, part of the ECB Data Portal. Data are served through an SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint supporting multiple formats, including SDMX-ML (XML), CSV, and JSON, selectable via query parameters. Users can filter results by key path and by time period, allowing targeted retrieval of specific series. The dataflow covers economic and price-related statistics within the ECB's remit, making it suitable for automated analysis, integration into research workflows, or monitoring of euro area economic indicators by institutions, researchers, and developers building applications on official central bank data.Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the PST 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_AREATYP_INFOTYP_TRNSCTNINTTN_CHNNLPYMNT_SYSTMTRANSFORMATIONUNIT_MEASURECURRENCY_TRANSTIME_PERIOD
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual or half-yearly.2 codes (e.g. Annual, Half-yearly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Reference country or area code for the series.32 codes (e.g. ECB (European Central Bank), Austria, EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | Counterpart area involved in the transaction, e.g. domestic or EU.9 codes (e.g. EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition, Domestic (home or reference area), Other EU member states (all countries except the reference area)) |
| TYP_INFOPayment Information type | dimension | Type of payment information reported, e.g. transaction volume or concentration ratio.3 codes (e.g. Payment transactions processed by payment systems, Concentration ratio by value, Concentration ratio by volume) |
| TYP_TRNSCTNPayment transaction type | dimension | Type of payment transaction, e.g. credit transfers or direct debits.11 codes (e.g. Credit transfers, Credit transfers and direct debits, All) |
| INTTN_CHNNLInitiation channel | dimension | Channel used to initiate the payment, e.g. ATM or paper-based.4 codes (e.g. All, Automatic teller machine (ATM) terminal, Paper-based form) |
| PYMNT_SYSTMPayment system | dimension | Payment system through which transactions were processed.308 codes (e.g. TIPS, T2 component system, CS (closed June 2023)) |
| TRANSFORMATION | dimension | Type of data transformation applied, e.g. non-transformed or growth rate.2 codes (e.g. Non transformed data, Growth rate %, period on period) |
| UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure | dimension | Unit in which the value is measured, e.g. euro or pure number.4 codes (e.g. Euro, Pure number, Ratio) |
| CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction | dimension | Currency in which the transaction was denominated.6 codes (e.g. All currencies combined, Euro, Danish krone) |
| 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 observed for the series at this period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | Code indicating the format used to express the time period.Code indicating the format used to express the time period. |
| BREAKS | attribute | Indicator of structural breaks in the time series.Indicator of structural breaks in the time series. |
| 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 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. |
| TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection | attribute | Point or period in time when the data were collected.Point or period in time when the data were collected. |
| COVERAGE | attribute | Description of the scope or coverage of the series.Description of the scope or coverage of the series. |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | Method used to compile the underlying data.Method used to compile the underlying data. |
| 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 to produce the data.Reference to the methodology used to produce the data. |
| TITLE | attribute | Short title describing the time series.Short title describing the time series. |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | Additional descriptive text complementing the series title.Additional descriptive text complementing the series title. |
| UNIT | attribute | Unit of measurement applicable to the observation.Unit of measurement applicable to the observation. |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the unit of measure.Power-of-ten multiplier applied to the unit of measure. |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | Status code indicating the nature of the observation, e.g. normal or estimated.Status code indicating the nature of the observation, e.g. normal or estimated. |
| 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 structural break.Value of the series immediately before a structural break. |
| 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: 4F
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "4F",
"TYP_INFO": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 57969.39245628007,
"COUNT_AREA": "B0",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"PYMNT_SYSTM": "TIPS",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 2FREQ: A · REF_AREA: 4F
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "4F",
"TYP_INFO": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 121.775961,
"COUNT_AREA": "B0",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"PYMNT_SYSTM": "TIPS",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CT0",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 3FREQ: A · REF_AREA: 4F
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "4F",
"TYP_INFO": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 28345836.4710831,
"COUNT_AREA": "B0",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"PYMNT_SYSTM": "TRGT2",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CTDD",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "EUR",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 4FREQ: A · REF_AREA: 4F
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "4F",
"TYP_INFO": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.163631,
"COUNT_AREA": "B0",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"PYMNT_SYSTM": "TRGT2",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "CTDD",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "PN",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Record 5FREQ: A · REF_AREA: 4F
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "4F",
"TYP_INFO": "2",
"OBS_VALUE": 0.9951452145836195,
"COUNT_AREA": "B0",
"OBS_STATUS": "A",
"COMMENT_OBS": null,
"CONF_STATUS": "F",
"INTTN_CHNNL": "_T",
"PYMNT_SYSTM": "TRGT2",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"TYP_TRNSCTN": "_T",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "RO",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"TRANSFORMATION": "N",
"PRE_BREAK_VALUE": null
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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