European Central Bank — List of MFIs (MFI)
List of MFIs (MFI) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the MFI 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 (26 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Monthly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 32 codes (e.g. European Investment Bank, European Central Bank (ECB), Austria) |
| MFI_LISTMFI category | dimension | 9 codes (e.g. Credit Institutions, Total, Central Bank (NCBs / ECB)) |
| MFI_STATUS | dimension | 4 codes (e.g. Changes in attributes, Joiners, Leavers) |
| DATA_TYPE | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Financial transactions (flows), Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks)) |
| 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 | — |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| COMPILATION | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | — |
| OBS_PRE_BREAKPre-break observation value | attribute | — |
| OBS_COMObservation comment | 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)
| FREQ | REF_AREA | MFI_LIST | MFI_STATUS | DATA_TYPE | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 4C | 102 | C | 4 | 2011-05 | 0 |
| M | 4C | 102 | J | 4 | 2011-05 | 0 |
| M | 4C | 102 | L | 4 | 2011-05 | 0 |
| M | 4C | 102 | T | 1 | 2011-05 | 1 |
| M | 4F | 100 | C | 4 | 2014-05 | 0 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Query examples
curl -s 'https://data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/dataflow/ECB' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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