European Central Bank — Macroeconomic Projection Database (MPD)
Macroeconomic Projection Database (MPD) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the MPD 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 (28 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Annual, Quarterly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 25 codes (e.g. World (all entities), Austria, Belgium) |
| PD_ITEMProjection database item | dimension | 45 codes (e.g. Price and cost developments - non-energy commodity prices - total, Price and cost developments - oil price assumption, Price and cost developments - HICP overall index) |
| SERIES_DENOMSeries denominat/spec calcul | dimension | 9 codes (e.g. Annual growth rate, US dollar, Percentage) |
| PD_SEAS_EXProjection database season exercise | dimension | 110 codes (e.g. Autumn/December 2001, Autumn/December 2002, Autumn/December 2003) |
| PD_ORIGINProjection database data origin | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Finalised/latest data) |
| 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 | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | 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 | — |
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 | PD_ITEM | SERIES_DENOM | PD_SEAS_EX | PD_ORIGIN | TIME_PERIOD | OBS_VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | A1 | PCU | A | A01 | 0000 | 2003 | 3 |
| A | A1 | PCU | A | A02 | 0000 | 2004 | 5.5 |
| A | A1 | PCU | A | A03 | 0000 | 2005 | 4 |
| A | A1 | PCU | A | A04 | 0000 | 2006 | 5.2 |
| A | A1 | PCU | A | A05 | 0000 | 2007 | 5.2 |
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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