ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates: what its own pages say about the data
European Central Bank. Free public source.
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The record
- What it covers
- Daily reference rates, 'All currencies quoted against the euro'. 'The reference rates are usually updated at around 16:00 CET every working day, except on TARGET closing days.' 'The reference rates are published for information purposes only. Using the rates for transaction purposes is strongly discouraged.'ecb.europa.euread
- History depth
- Not stated on the pages openedA full time series is offered for download. Its start date is not stated in the text read.
- Delivery
- Files: the latest rates as PDF, CSV and XML, and the time series as 'CSV (.zip)', 'XML', 'XML (last 90 days only)' and 'XML (SDMX-ML)'. The ECB Data Portal also has an API: 'The ECB SDMX 2.1 RESTful web service offers programmatic access to the statistical data and metadata disseminated via the ECB Data Portal.'ecb.europa.euread
- Free tier and its limits
- 'users of this website may make free use of the information obtained directly from it subject to the following conditions'. No request limit is stated on the pages opened.ecb.europa.euread
- Pricing, as worded
- No charge. The disclaimer says the information 'may be obtained free of charge through this website'.ecb.europa.euread
- Official Python library
- Not stated on the pages openedNo official Python library is named on the pages opened.
The licence position
What the pages opened say about passing the data on and about training a model on it. Where they say nothing, that is recorded as not stated: silence is neither permission nor prohibition.
- Redistribution terms
- Allowed with conditions. 'When such information is distributed or reproduced, it must appear accurately and the ECB must be cited as the source.' Where it is put into documents that are sold, the publisher 'must inform buyers, both before they pay any subscription or fee and each time they access the information taken from this website, that the information may be obtained free of charge through this website'. 'If the information is modified by the user (e.g. by seasonal adjustment of statistical data or calculation of growth rates) this must be stated explicitly.' The disclaimer names an exception that was not read in full.ecb.europa.euread
- Training machine learning or AI models
- Not stated on the pages openedThe disclaimer mentions AI only about how the ECB drafts its own material. Silence is neither permission nor prohibition.ecb.europa.eulooked for
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