European Central Bank — Indicator of negotiated wage rates (INW)
Indicator of negotiated wage rates (INW) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the INW 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 (30 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Annual, Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Euro area 21 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2026, Euro area 20 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2023, Euro area (Member States and Institutions of the Euro Area) changing composition) |
| ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted) |
| BCS_CONCEPTConcept - BCS context | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Indicator of negotiated wage rates) |
| BCS_CLASSClassification - BCS context | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Total) |
| DATA_PROVIDER | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. European Central Bank (ECB)) |
| TRANSFORMATION | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Growth rate %, over 1 year) |
| UNIT_MEASUREUnit of measure | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Index) |
| 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 | — |
| ADJU_DETAILAdjustment detail | attribute | — |
| BREAKS | attribute | — |
| TIME_PER_COLLECTTime period collection | attribute | — |
| COMMENT_TSSeries comment including brief description of the underlying statistic | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| DATA_COMPUnderlying compilation | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT_INDEX_BASE | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| UPDATE_STATUS | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| CONF_STATUSConfidentiality status | attribute | — |
| PRE_BREAK_VALUE | attribute | — |
| COMMENT_OBSComments to the observation value | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: A · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"BCS_CLASS": "000000",
"OBS_VALUE": 2.82,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BCS_CONCEPT": "INWR",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
"DATA_PROVIDER": "4F0",
"TRANSFORMATION": "GY"
}Record 2FREQ: A · REF_AREA: I9
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "I9",
"BCS_CLASS": "000000",
"OBS_VALUE": 2.81,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BCS_CONCEPT": "INWR",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
"DATA_PROVIDER": "4F0",
"TRANSFORMATION": "GY"
}Record 3FREQ: A · REF_AREA: U2
{
"FREQ": "A",
"REF_AREA": "U2",
"BCS_CLASS": "000000",
"OBS_VALUE": 2.82,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BCS_CONCEPT": "INWR",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
"DATA_PROVIDER": "4F0",
"TRANSFORMATION": "GY"
}Record 4FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"BCS_CLASS": "000000",
"OBS_VALUE": 2.46,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BCS_CONCEPT": "INWR",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-Q1",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
"DATA_PROVIDER": "4F0",
"TRANSFORMATION": "GY"
}Record 5FREQ: Q · REF_AREA: I9
{
"FREQ": "Q",
"REF_AREA": "I9",
"BCS_CLASS": "000000",
"OBS_VALUE": 2.95,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"BCS_CONCEPT": "INWR",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2025-Q4",
"UNIT_MEASURE": "IX",
"DATA_PROVIDER": "4F0",
"TRANSFORMATION": "GY"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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