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)

Filterable via the API (13)

FREQREF_AREAADJUSTMENTFVC_REP_SECTORFVC_ITEMMATURITY_ORIGDATA_TYPECOUNT_AREABS_COUNT_SECTORFVC_ORI_SECTORCURRENCY_TRANSBS_SUFFIXTIME_PERIOD

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Field	Type	Description
FREQFrequency	dimension	1 codes (e.g. Quarterly)
REF_AREAReference area	dimension	18 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Cyprus)
ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator	dimension	1 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted)
FVC_REP_SECTORReporting sector in financial vehicle corporation context	dimension	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	11 codes (e.g. Assets - Deposits and loan claims, Assets - Securitised loans, Assets - Debt securities held)
MATURITY_ORIGOriginal maturity	dimension	8 codes (e.g. Total, Over 2 years, Up to two years)
DATA_TYPE	dimension	3 codes (e.g. Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks), Financial transactions (flows), Index of Notional Stocks)
COUNT_AREACounterpart area	dimension	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	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	8 codes (e.g. Not applicable, All sectors combined, Euro area, all sectors)
CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction	dimension	1 codes (e.g. All currencies combined)
BS_SUFFIXBalance sheet suffix	dimension	2 codes (e.g. Euro, Annual growth rate)
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	—
COLLECTIONCollection indicator	attribute	—
COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation	attribute	—
DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation	attribute	—
DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids	attribute	—
PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only)	attribute	—
PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public)	attribute	—
UNIT_INDEX_BASE	attribute	—
UNIT_PRICE_BASE	attribute	—
AGG_EQUNAggregation equations	attribute	—
COMPILATION	attribute	—
COVERAGE	attribute	—
DECIMALS	attribute	—
SOURCE_AGENCY	attribute	—
SOURCE_DETAIL	attribute	—
TITLE	attribute	—
TITLE_COMPLTitle complement	attribute	—
UNIT	attribute	—
UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier	attribute	—
OBS_STATUSObservation status	attribute	—

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1FREQ: Q · FVC_ITEM: A10

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

Record 2FREQ: Q · FVC_ITEM: A10

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

Record 3FREQ: Q · FVC_ITEM: A10

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

Record 4FREQ: Q · FVC_ITEM: A10

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

Record 5FREQ: Q · FVC_ITEM: A10

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

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