European Central Bank — Financial Vehicle Corporation (FVC)

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Official time series dataset from the European Central Bank Data Portal covering Financial Vehicle Corporations (FVCs), entities engaged in securitisation transactions across the euro area. Published as the FVC dataflow via the SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint serving XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON formats. Users can extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, or lastNObservations filters. The same data can also be browsed and charted directly on the ECB Data Portal, supporting analysis of euro area financial vehicle corporation statistics and related economic indicators.Financial Vehicle Corporation (FVC) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the FVC 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 (34 fields)

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FREQREF_AREAADJUSTMENTFVC_REP_SECTORFVC_ITEMMATURITY_ORIGDATA_TYPECOUNT_AREABS_COUNT_SECTORFVC_ORI_SECTORCURRENCY_TRANSBS_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	Frequency of the time series (e.g. quarterly).1 codes (e.g. Quarterly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	Country or reference area covered by the data.18 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Cyprus)
ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator	dimension	Indicates whether the data is seasonally or working-day adjusted.1 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted)
FVC_REP_SECTORReporting sector in financial vehicle corporation context	dimension	Type of financial vehicle corporation reporting sector covered.5 codes (e.g. Total FVCs, Other FVCs (other than those engaged in traditional, synthetic or insurance-linked securitisation), Other FVCs (other than those engaged in traditional or synthetic securitisation))
FVC_ITEMAssets and liabilities item in financial vehicle corporation context	dimension	Balance sheet item for assets or liabilities of the FVC.11 codes (e.g. Assets - Deposits and loan claims, Assets - Securitised loans, Assets - Debt securities held)
MATURITY_ORIGOriginal maturity	dimension	Original maturity band of the underlying instrument.8 codes (e.g. Total, Over 2 years, Up to two years)
DATA_TYPE	dimension	Type of data, such as stocks, flows, or index values.3 codes (e.g. Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks), Financial transactions (flows), Index of Notional Stocks)
COUNT_AREACounterpart area	dimension	Geographic area of the counterpart to the transaction.5 codes (e.g. World (all entities), Euro area (changing composition), Other Euro area member states (all countries except the reference area))
BS_COUNT_SECTORBS counterpart sector	dimension	Institutional sector of the balance sheet counterpart.14 codes (e.g. Unspecified counterpart sector, Monetary financial institutions (MFIs), Financial vehicle corporations engaged in securitisation)
FVC_ORI_SECTOROriginator sector in financial vehicle corporation context	dimension	Sector of the entity that originated the securitised assets.8 codes (e.g. Not applicable, All sectors combined, Euro area, all sectors)
CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction	dimension	Currency denomination of the underlying transaction.1 codes (e.g. All currencies combined)
BS_SUFFIXBalance sheet suffix	dimension	Suffix indicating balance sheet value type, e.g. euro amount or growth rate.2 codes (e.g. Euro, Annual growth rate)
TIME_PERIODTime period or range	time	Time period of the observation, filterable by date range.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params.
OBS_VALUEObservation value	number	Numeric value recorded for the observation.The observed numeric value for each cell.
TIME_FORMATTime format code	attribute	Code describing the format used for the time period.Code describing the format used for the time period.
COLLECTIONCollection indicator	attribute	Indicator describing how the data was collected or aggregated over time.Indicator describing how the data was 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.
DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids	attribute	Identifiers of corresponding domestic data series.Identifiers of corresponding domestic data series.
PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only)	attribute	Reference to the euro area publication source for this data.Reference to the euro area publication source for this data.
PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public)	attribute	Reference to the publicly available publication source for this data.Reference to the publicly available publication source for this data.
UNIT_INDEX_BASE	attribute	Base period or value used for the index unit.Base period or value used for the index unit.
UNIT_PRICE_BASE	attribute	Base period or value used for the price unit.Base period or value used for the price unit.
AGG_EQUNAggregation equations	attribute	Equation used to aggregate the series from component data.Equation used to aggregate the series from component data.
COMPILATION	attribute	Notes on the methodology used to compile the data.Notes on the methodology used to compile the data.
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 places used in the observation value.Number of decimal places used in the observation value.
SOURCE_AGENCY	attribute	Agency that originally sourced the underlying data.Agency that originally sourced the underlying data.
SOURCE_DETAIL	attribute	Additional detail about the data source.Additional detail about the data source.
TITLE	attribute	Short title describing the data series.Short title describing the data series.
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	Extended or complementary title for the data series.Extended or complementary title for the data series.
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 the quality or nature of the observation.Status code indicating the quality or nature of the observation.

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Record 1FREQ: Q · OBS_COM: —

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "OBS_COM": null,
  "FVC_ITEM": "A10",
  "OBS_CONF": "F",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "OBS_VALUE": null,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "A1",
  "OBS_STATUS": "M",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014-Q4",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
  "FVC_ORI_SECTOR": "ZZ",
  "FVC_REP_SECTOR": "F",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}

Record 2FREQ: Q · OBS_COM: —

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "OBS_COM": null,
  "FVC_ITEM": "A10",
  "OBS_CONF": "F",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "OBS_VALUE": null,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "U2",
  "OBS_STATUS": "M",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014-Q4",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
  "FVC_ORI_SECTOR": "ZZ",
  "FVC_REP_SECTOR": "F",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "1000"
}

Record 3FREQ: Q · OBS_COM: —

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "OBS_COM": null,
  "FVC_ITEM": "A10",
  "OBS_CONF": "F",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "OBS_VALUE": null,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "U2",
  "OBS_STATUS": "M",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014-Q4",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
  "FVC_ORI_SECTOR": "ZZ",
  "FVC_REP_SECTOR": "F",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "2271"
}

Record 4FREQ: Q · OBS_COM: —

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "OBS_COM": null,
  "FVC_ITEM": "A10",
  "OBS_CONF": "F",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "OBS_VALUE": null,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "U5",
  "OBS_STATUS": "M",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014-Q4",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
  "FVC_ORI_SECTOR": "ZZ",
  "FVC_REP_SECTOR": "F",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "2271"
}

Record 5FREQ: Q · OBS_COM: —

{
  "FREQ": "Q",
  "OBS_COM": null,
  "FVC_ITEM": "A10",
  "OBS_CONF": "F",
  "REF_AREA": "AT",
  "BS_SUFFIX": "E",
  "DATA_TYPE": "1",
  "OBS_VALUE": null,
  "ADJUSTMENT": "N",
  "COUNT_AREA": "U6",
  "OBS_STATUS": "M",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2014-Q4",
  "MATURITY_ORIG": "A",
  "OBS_PRE_BREAK": null,
  "CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
  "FVC_ORI_SECTOR": "ZZ",
  "FVC_REP_SECTOR": "F",
  "BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "2271"
}

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