European Central Bank — Statistics on Consolidated Banking Data (CBD)
Statistics on Consolidated Banking Data (CBD) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the CBD 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, Half-yearly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 30 codes (e.g. Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria) |
| CB_REP_SECTORCBD reference sector breakdown | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Domestic banking groups and stand-alone banks, Foreign (EU and non-EU) controlled subsidiaries and foreign (EU and non-EU) controlled branches, Domestic banking groups and stand alone banks, foreign (EU and non-EU) controlled subsidiaries and foreign (EU and non-EU) controlled branches) |
| CB_SECTOR_SIZECBD reference sector size | dimension | 4 codes (e.g. All institutions, Large institution, Medium-size institution) |
| CB_ITEMConsolidated banking data item | dimension | 230 codes (e.g. Total number of credit institutions, Total operating income [full sample], Net interest income [full sample]) |
| MATURITY_ORIGOriginal maturity | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Not applicable) |
| DATA_TYPE | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Outstanding amounts at the end of the period (stocks), Financial transactions (flows), Not specified) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. World not allocated (geographically)) |
| BS_COUNT_SECTORBS counterpart sector | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Unspecified counterpart sector) |
| CURRENCY_TRANSCurrency of transaction | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Not applicable, All currencies combined) |
| SERIES_DENOMSeries denominat/spec calcul | dimension | 4 codes (e.g. Not applicable, Euro, Percentage) |
| 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 | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| COMPILATION | attribute | — |
| COVERAGE | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| NAT_TITLENational language title | 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.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: A · CB_ITEM: 01000
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CB_ITEM": "01000",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "1",
"OBS_VALUE": 613,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2013",
"SERIES_DENOM": "Z",
"CB_REP_SECTOR": "11",
"MATURITY_ORIG": "X",
"CB_SECTOR_SIZE": "A",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z0Z",
"BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}Record 2FREQ: A · CB_ITEM: 21000
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CB_ITEM": "21000",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "4",
"OBS_VALUE": 24815442,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2013",
"SERIES_DENOM": "E",
"CB_REP_SECTOR": "11",
"MATURITY_ORIG": "X",
"CB_SECTOR_SIZE": "A",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}Record 3FREQ: A · CB_ITEM: 21100
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CB_ITEM": "21100",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "4",
"OBS_VALUE": 12812332,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2013",
"SERIES_DENOM": "E",
"CB_REP_SECTOR": "11",
"MATURITY_ORIG": "X",
"CB_SECTOR_SIZE": "A",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}Record 4FREQ: A · CB_ITEM: 21110
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CB_ITEM": "21110",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "4",
"OBS_VALUE": 19337855,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2013",
"SERIES_DENOM": "E",
"CB_REP_SECTOR": "11",
"MATURITY_ORIG": "X",
"CB_SECTOR_SIZE": "A",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}Record 5FREQ: A · CB_ITEM: 21111
{
"FREQ": "A",
"CB_ITEM": "21111",
"REF_AREA": "AT",
"DATA_TYPE": "4",
"OBS_VALUE": 73857,
"COUNT_AREA": "Z5",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2013",
"SERIES_DENOM": "E",
"CB_REP_SECTOR": "11",
"MATURITY_ORIG": "X",
"CB_SECTOR_SIZE": "A",
"CURRENCY_TRANS": "Z01",
"BS_COUNT_SECTOR": "0000"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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