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European Central Bank — ECB Financial Statements (EFS)
ECB Financial Statements (EFS) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the EFS 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.
economyprices
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Data schema (25 fields)
Filterable via the API (4)
FREQREF_AREAEFS_ITEMTIME_PERIOD
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Code indicating the observation frequency, e.g. annual.1 codes (e.g. Annual) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Code for the reference area, e.g. the ECB.1 codes (e.g. European Central Bank (ECB)) |
| EFS_ITEMFinancial statement item | dimension | Code identifying the financial statement line item, e.g. gold holdings.65 codes (e.g. A1 Gold and gold receivables, A2 Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency, A2.1 Receivables from the IMF) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time period of the observation, filterable via start/end period.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Numeric value of the observation for this series and period.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | Code specifying the format of the time period value.Code specifying the format of the time period value. |
| BREAKS | attribute | Notes or flags indicating breaks in the time series.Notes or flags indicating breaks in the time series. |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | Code describing how the data were collected or aggregated over time.Code describing how the data were collected or aggregated over time. |
| 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. |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | Reference to the ECB-only publication source of the data.Reference to the ECB-only publication source of the data. |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | Reference to the euro area publication source of the data.Reference to the euro area publication source of the data. |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | Reference to the public publication source of the data.Reference to the public publication source of the data. |
| AGG_EQUNAggregation equations | attribute | Equation or formula used to aggregate this series.Equation or formula used to aggregate this series. |
| COMPILATION | attribute | Notes on the methodology used to compile the observation.Notes on the methodology used to compile the observation. |
| COVERAGE | attribute | Description of the scope or coverage of the data.Description of the scope or coverage of the data. |
| DECIMALS | attribute | Number of decimal digits used in the observation value.Number of decimal digits used in the observation value. |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | Agency that originally sourced or provided the data.Agency that originally sourced or provided the data. |
| TITLE | attribute | Short title describing the series.Short title describing the series. |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | Additional descriptive text complementing the series title.Additional descriptive text complementing 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 data quality, e.g. estimated or provisional.Status code indicating data quality, e.g. estimated or provisional. |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | Confidentiality classification of the observation.Confidentiality classification of the observation. |
| OBS_PRE_BREAKPre-break observation value | attribute | Observation value recorded immediately before a data break.Observation value recorded immediately before a data break. |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
| FREQ | REF_AREA | EFS_ITEM | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4F | A010000 | 2025 | 59754 |
| A | 4F | A020000 | 2025 | 54764 |
| A | 4F | A020100 | 2025 | 1772 |
| A | 4F | A020200 | 2025 | 52992 |
| A | 4F | A030000 | 2025 | 2236 |
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