ecb_data: Fetch European Central Bank (ECB) data

In bbk: Client for Central Bank APIs

Fetch European Central Bank (ECB) data

Description

Retrieve time series data from the ECB SDMX Web Service.

Usage

ecb_data(
  flow,
  key = NULL,
  start_period = NULL,
  end_period = NULL,
  first_n = NULL,
  last_n = NULL,
  updated_after = NULL
)

Arguments

flow	(character(1)) Flow to query.
key	(NULL | character()) The series keys to query.
start_period	(NULL | character(1) | integer(1)) Start date of the data. Supported formats: YYYY for annual data (e.g., 2019) YYYY-S[1-2] for semi-annual data (e.g., "2019-S1") YYYY-Q[1-4] for quarterly data (e.g., "2019-Q1") YYYY-MM for monthly data (e.g., "2019-01") YYYY-W[01-53] for weekly data (e.g., "2019-W01") YYYY-MM-DD for daily and business data (e.g., "2019-01-01") If NULL, no start date restriction is applied (data retrieved from the earliest available date). Default NULL.
end_period	(NULL | character(1) | integer(1)) End date of the data, in the same format as start_period. If NULL, no end date restriction is applied (data retrieved up to the most recent available date). Default NULL.
first_n	(NULL | numeric(1)) Number of observations to retrieve from the start of the series. If NULL, no restriction is applied. Default NULL.
last_n	(NULL | numeric(1)) Number of observations to retrieve from the end of the series. If NULL, no restriction is applied. Default NULL.
updated_after	(NULL | character(1) | Date(1) | POSIXct(1)) Retrieve only observations updated after the given timestamp (e.g., "2024-06-01T00:00:00"). Useful for incremental retrieval. If NULL, no restriction is applied. Default NULL.

Value

A data.table::data.table() with the requested data.

Source

https://data.ecb.europa.eu/help/api/data

See Also

Other data: banxico_data(), bbk_data(), bbk_series(), bcb_data(), bcb_expectations(), bcb_fx_rates(), bcb_inflation(), bcb_selic(), bcb_top5(), bde_data(), bde_latest(), bdf_codelist(), bdf_data(), bdf_dataset(), bdp_data(), bis_data(), boc_data(), boe_data(), boi_data(), boj_data(), cnb_czeonia(), cnb_data(), cnb_fx_other_rates(), cnb_fx_rates(), cnb_pribor(), nbp_fx_rates(), nbp_gold(), nob_data(), onb_data(), snb_data(), srb_cross_rates(), srb_data()

Examples

# fetch US dollar/Euro exchange rate
ecb_data("EXR", "D.USD.EUR.SP00.A")

# fetch data for multiple keys
ecb_data("EXR", c("D.USD", "JPY.EUR.SP00.A"))

bbk documentation built on Aug. 28, 2026, 5:07 p.m.