Central Bank Data Acquisition Service

2024: Service Launch

On May 15, 2024, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation announced the launch of a statistical data service. Access to statistics in time series format is provided using open APIs.

The service is designed to view, visualize, compare and automatically receive through the API data of statistical indicators of publications of official statistical information of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. According to the press service of the regulator, by mid-May 2024, data on 49 statistical indicators are available as part of the service, including certain indicators of the balance of payments, statistics on mortgage housing lending and the structure of the money supply.

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To use the API, you need to download ready-made code samples for either Python or C# or a VBA macro in an Excel file. Also, companies can use their own program code.

The Central Bank service included fast data search and filtering, as well as graphic visualization and comparison. The service offers a metadata view for each statistical measure, namely:

• frequency - rate of update of the indicator data.
• Units - Reflect in which units the measure is measured.
• the length of the time series is the period within which the key figure data exists.
• Last Data Update is the date on which the time series was last updated.
• Key figure calculation methodology - a brief description of the key figure calculation method.

The service is said to support all modern mobile devices and browsers, including Chrome and Firefox. For optimal operation, the Central Bank service recommends using stationary computers with a monitor with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Full instructions for working with the service are available on the Central Bank website (link). ^[1]

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