European Central Bank — Euro Short-Term Rate (EST)
Euro Short-Term Rate (EST) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the EST 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.
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Data schema (25 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Daily - businessweek) |
| BENCHMARK_ITEM | dimension | 7 codes (e.g. Compounded Euro Short-Term Rate Index, Euro Short-Term Rate - 1-week Compounded Average Rate, Euro Short-Term Rate - 1-month Compounded Average Rate) |
| DATA_TYPE_ESTData type in the Euro short-term rate context | dimension | 11 codes (e.g. Index of compounded interest, Compounded average rate, Calculation method) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | — |
| BREAKS | attribute | — |
| COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT_INDEX_BASE | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status | attribute | — |
| PRE_BREAK_VALUE | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
Pick columns and a sort, then fetch a live preview straight from the source. Choose an API-filterable column (marked ▾) under “Where” to pick from its list of values.
Sample data (5 records)
| FREQ | BENCHMARK_ITEM | DATA_TYPE_EST | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | EU000A2QQF08 | CI | 2026-07-24 | 109.42698948 |
| B | EU000A2QQF16 | CR | 2026-07-24 | 2.1852 |
| B | EU000A2QQF24 | CR | 2026-07-24 | 2.1849 |
| B | EU000A2QQF32 | CR | 2026-07-24 | 2.03832 |
| B | EU000A2QQF40 | CR | 2026-07-24 | 1.99217 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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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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