European Central Bank — Financial market data (FM)
Financial market data (FM) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the FM 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 (29 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 5 codes (e.g. Annual, Daily - businessweek, Daily) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 6 codes (e.g. United Kingdom, Japan, Euro area (changing composition)) |
| CURRENCY | dimension | 6 codes (e.g. Euro, Japanese yen, US dollar) |
| PROVIDER_FMFinancial market provider | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. ECB, Refinitiv, DataStream) |
| INSTRUMENT_FMFinancial market instrument | dimension | 7 codes (e.g. Commodity, Money Market, Equity/index) |
| PROVIDER_FM_IDFinancial market provider identifier | dimension | 52 codes (e.g. Bloomberg European Dated Brent Forties Oseberg Ekofisk (BFOE) Crude Oil Spot Price, Japanese Yen 3-month British Bankers` Association (BBA) Libor, US Dollar 3-month British Bankers` Association (BBA) Libor) |
| DATA_TYPE_FMFinancial market data type | dimension | 9 codes (e.g. Historical close, average of observations through period, Yield, end of period, Spread) |
| 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 | — |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| FM_CONTRACT_TIMEContract month/expired date | attribute | — |
| FM_COUPON_RATECoupon rate of the bond | attribute | — |
| FM_IDENTIFIERFinancial instrument Identifier | attribute | — |
| FM_LOT_SIZELot size units | attribute | — |
| FM_MATURITYBond maturity | attribute | — |
| FM_OUTS_AMOUNTOutstanding amount | attribute | — |
| FM_PUT_CALLoptions type | attribute | — |
| FM_STRIKE_PRICEStrike price of the options | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| UNIT_INDEX_BASE | attribute | — |
| COMPILATION | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | 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)
Record 1FREQ: A · CURRENCY: EUR
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CURRENCY": "EUR",
"REF_AREA": "GB",
"OBS_VALUE": 77.78200975137884,
"PROVIDER_FM": "4F",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
"DATA_TYPE_FM": "HSTA",
"INSTRUMENT_FM": "CY",
"PROVIDER_FM_ID": "EUCRBRDT"
}Record 2FREQ: A · CURRENCY: JPY
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CURRENCY": "JPY",
"REF_AREA": "GB",
"OBS_VALUE": -0.02617,
"PROVIDER_FM": "RT",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2023",
"DATA_TYPE_FM": "HSTA",
"INSTRUMENT_FM": "MM",
"PROVIDER_FM_ID": "JPY3MFSR_"
}Record 3FREQ: A · CURRENCY: USD
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CURRENCY": "USD",
"REF_AREA": "GB",
"OBS_VALUE": 5.506330615384614,
"PROVIDER_FM": "RT",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2024",
"DATA_TYPE_FM": "HSTA",
"INSTRUMENT_FM": "MM",
"PROVIDER_FM_ID": "USD3MFSR_"
}Record 4FREQ: A · CURRENCY: JPY
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CURRENCY": "JPY",
"REF_AREA": "JP",
"OBS_VALUE": 41794.1518107,
"PROVIDER_FM": "DS",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"DATA_TYPE_FM": "HSTA",
"INSTRUMENT_FM": "EI",
"PROVIDER_FM_ID": "JAPDOWA"
}Record 5FREQ: A · CURRENCY: JPY
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CURRENCY": "JPY",
"REF_AREA": "JP",
"OBS_VALUE": 1.96817,
"PROVIDER_FM": "RT",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"DATA_TYPE_FM": "YLDE",
"INSTRUMENT_FM": "BZ",
"PROVIDER_FM_ID": "JPY10YZ_R"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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