European Central Bank — SHSS dataflow
This dataset provides official time series published by the European Central Bank as the SHSS dataflow, part of the ECB Data Portal. It covers securities holdings statistics at euro area level, made available through an SDMX 2.1 REST endpoint. Data can be retrieved in multiple formats, including XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON, with support for key-path and period-based filtering. The dataset is intended for users needing structured access to euro area economic and financial statistics for analysis, reporting, or integration into other systems.Official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the SHSS 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 (19 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the time series (e.g. quarterly).1 codes (e.g. Quarterly) |
| ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator | dimension | Indicates whether data are seasonally and/or calendar adjusted.1 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Country or area to which the data refers.22 codes (e.g. Euro area (Member States and Institutions of the Euro Area) changing composition, Austria, Netherlands) |
| COUNTERPART_AREA | dimension | Area of the counterpart in the transaction or position.26 codes (e.g. World (all areas, including reference area, including IO), Rest of the World, Euro area (Member States and Institutions of the Euro Area) changing composition) |
| REF_SECTORReference sector | dimension | Institutional sector to which the data refers.16 codes (e.g. General government, Central government excluding social security, Insurance corporations and Pension Funds) |
| COUNTERPART_SECTOR | dimension | Institutional sector of the counterpart.15 codes (e.g. Non MMF investment funds, Financial vehicle corporations engaged in securitisation, Insurance corporations) |
| CONSOLIDATIONConsolidation Status | dimension | Indicates whether the data are consolidated or non-consolidated.1 codes (e.g. Non-consolidated) |
| ACCOUNTING_ENTRYAccounting entries | dimension | Indicates whether the entry is an asset or liability.2 codes (e.g. Assets (Net Acquisition of), Liabilities (Net Incurrence of)) |
| STOStocks, Transactions, Other Flows | dimension | Indicates whether the value is a stock, transaction or other flow.2 codes (e.g. Closing balance sheet/Positions/Stocks, Transactions in financial assets and liabilities) |
| INSTR_ASSETInstrument and assets classification | dimension | Classification of the financial instrument or asset type.7 codes (e.g. Debt securities, Non-MMF investment fund shares/units, Total financial assets/liabilities) |
| MATURITY | dimension | Maturity classification of the financial instrument.9 codes (e.g. Short-term original maturity (up to 1 year), All original maturities, Not applicable) |
| EXPENDITUREExpenditure (COFOG, COICOP, COPP or COPNI) | dimension | Expenditure classification (COFOG, COICOP, COPP or COPNI), if applicable.1 codes (e.g. Not applicable) |
| UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure | dimension | Unit in which the observation is measured.1 codes (e.g. Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parity)) |
| CURRENCY_DENOMCurrency denominator | dimension | Currency in which the instrument is denominated.3 codes (e.g. All currencies, All currencies except national domestic currency, Domestic currency (incl. conversion to current currency made using a fixed parity)) |
| VALUATION | dimension | Valuation method used, such as market or face value.2 codes (e.g. Face value, Market value) |
| PRICES | dimension | Indicates whether values are in current or constant prices.1 codes (e.g. Current prices) |
| TRANSFORMATION | dimension | Indicates whether the data have been mathematically transformed.1 codes (e.g. Non transformed data) |
| CUST_BREAKDOWNCustom breakdown codification | dimension | Custom breakdown category applied to the data.9 codes (e.g. Total, Social instruments (use of proceeds second party opinion, standard unspecified, Social instruments (use of proceeds), assurance level unspecified, standard unspecified) |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for the given series.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
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curl -s 'https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/dataflow/ECB' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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