ECB Financial Data Intelligence
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ECB Financial Data Intelligence
European Central Bank exchange rates, interest rates, and banking statistics via SDMX API
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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
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
dataflow | string | ECB dataflow ID (EXR, MIR, BSI, BOP, AME, SPF, STP, FVC) |
currency | string | ISO 4217 currency code (e.g., USD, GBP, JPY) - for EXR |
startDate | string | Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format |
endDate | string | End date in YYYY-MM-DD format |
frequency | string | Data frequency (D=daily, M=monthly, Q=quarterly, A=annual) |
maxResults | integer | Maximum 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 identifierdataflowName: Human-readable dataflow nameseriesKey: SDMX series keytimePeriod: Date/time of observationvalue: The data valuecurrency: Currency code (for EXR)frequency: Data frequencyunit: 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:
- Dataset: Full structured data in JSON format
- Summary: Human-readable table with statistics
- 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
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