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ECB Financial Data Intelligence

ECB Financial Data Intelligence

European Central Bank exchange rates, interest rates, and banking statistics via SDMX API

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Chris Wakefield

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Access European Central Bank financial and economic data through a simple, normalized interface.

Features

  • Exchange Rates (EXR): Daily EUR exchange rates against 30+ currencies
  • Interest Rates (MIR): ECB monetary interest rates and bank lending rates
  • Banking Statistics (BSI): Euro area banking sector balance sheets
  • Balance of Payments (BOP): Euro area international transactions
  • Economic Forecasts (AME): Ameco macroeconomic data
  • Survey Data (SPF): Professional forecaster expectations
  • Securities Statistics (STP): EU securities issuance data

Use Cases

  • Financial analysis and reporting
  • Economic research and forecasting
  • Currency risk management
  • Banking sector analysis
  • Academic research
  • Trading strategy development

Input Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
dataflowstringECB dataflow ID (EXR, MIR, BSI, BOP, AME, SPF, STP, FVC)
currencystringISO 4217 currency code (e.g., USD, GBP, JPY) - for EXR
startDatestringStart date in YYYY-MM-DD format
endDatestringEnd date in YYYY-MM-DD format
frequencystringData frequency (D=daily, M=monthly, Q=quarterly, A=annual)
maxResultsintegerMaximum number of data points (default: 100)

Example Input

{
"dataflow": "EXR",
"currency": "USD",
"startDate": "2024-01-01",
"endDate": "2024-12-31",
"frequency": "D",
"maxResults": 100
}

Output Format

Each data point includes:

  • dataflow: The ECB dataflow identifier
  • dataflowName: Human-readable dataflow name
  • seriesKey: SDMX series key
  • timePeriod: Date/time of observation
  • value: The data value
  • currency: Currency code (for EXR)
  • frequency: Data frequency
  • unit: Measurement unit

Data Source

Data sourced from the official ECB Statistical Data Warehouse via the SDMX REST API. All data is freely available under the ECB's open data policy.

API Response

The actor provides three output formats:

  1. Dataset: Full structured data in JSON format
  2. Summary: Human-readable table with statistics
  3. Stats: Machine-readable metadata

Rate Limits

The ECB API has no strict rate limits but requests should be reasonable. This actor includes built-in error handling and retry logic.

Support

For issues or questions, please open an issue on the actor's repository.