European Central Bank — Indices of Consumer prices (ICP)
Official time series of Indices of Consumer Prices (ICP) published by the European Central Bank Data Portal as the ICP dataflow via SDMX 2.1 REST. A single endpoint serves data in XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON formats, allowing users to extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters. The same series can also be browsed and charted directly on the ECB Data Portal. The dataset covers euro area and EU consumer price indices, useful for tracking inflation and price developments across member states.Indices of Consumer prices (ICP) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the ICP 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 (7 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | Frequency of the observations, such as monthly, quarterly or annual.3 codes (e.g. Monthly, Annual, Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | Country or geographic area the data refers to.43 codes (e.g. Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Lithuania) |
| ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator | dimension | Indicates whether the series is seasonally and/or working-day adjusted.2 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted, Working day and seasonally adjusted) |
| ICP_ITEMClassification - ICP context | dimension | HICP classification item or product category covered by the series.519 codes (e.g. HICP - Maintenance charges in multi-occupied buildings, HICP - Security services, HICP - Other services related to dwelling) |
| STS_INSTITUTIONInstitution originating the data flow | dimension | Institution that originated the data, e.g. Eurostat or ECB.2 codes (e.g. Eurostat, European Central Bank) |
| ICP_SUFFIXSeries variation - ICP context | dimension | Type of series variation, such as index level, annual rate of change, or growth contribution.16 codes (e.g. Index, Annual rate of change, Contribution to growth rate) |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Numeric value of the observation for the given data point.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
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