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A CURATED DIRECTORY OF FINANCIAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES
BIS Data Portal Review, Pricing, and Features
BIS Data Portal
The Bank for International Settlements' free data portal covers banking, credit, debt, derivatives, liquidity, property prices, exchange rates, central banks, and payments. It includes charts, downloads, a release calendar, and an SDMX API.
Best for
- Macro analysts and builders needing official BIS statistics on international banking, debt securities, credit, liquidity, derivatives, property prices, exchange rates, and central bank data.
- Global macro researchers needing free exports with attribution and an SDMX API.
- Workflows that need cross-country financial-system context rather than company-level equity data.
Watch out
- BIS permits unrestricted use only under attribution and non-misleading-use conditions, including limits on charging specifically for BIS statistics in commercial products.
- BIS reserves the right to monitor usage and limit or suspend API access by IP address.
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Pricing
Free
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Key features
- Explore official BIS statistics across international banking, debt securities, credit, global liquidity, derivatives, property prices, consumer prices, exchange rates, central banks, and payments.
- Search time series across topics, refine results with filters, and browse datasets by country, topic, and key characteristics.
- Table, list, and chart views to inspect series, including visible time-series breaks where available.
- Export support for selected series to Excel or CSV, with a 4,500-series export limit.
- Bulk downloads to retrieve complete topics as zipped CSV or SDMX files.
- Generate Matlab, Python, and R snippets for retrieving data through the BIS SDMX REST API.
- Retrieve data and metadata from the SDMX 2.1 REST API in JSON, XML, or CSV.
- Share queries, tables, selected time series, filters, and settings through URLs.
- Bookmarks, release calendars, RSS, and exportable calendar views to manage recurring macro-data work.
- Use optional AI-assisted search only for relevant BIS statistical queries; queries are sent to OpenAI endpoints.
- Follow BIS attribution and reuse terms when including the statistics in a commercial product.
- The portal is not a broker, stock screener, portfolio tracker, or company-fundamentals database.
FAQ
Is BIS Data Portal free?
BIS Data Portal is free to use. Visit the vendor site for the latest limits and onboarding details.
Who is BIS Data Portal best for?
BIS Data Portal is built for Analysts, Quants/Developers, Institutional Investors, and Students/Researchers. It suits intermediate and advanced users.
What platforms and connections does BIS Data Portal support?
You can use BIS Data Portal on Web. BIS Data Portal offers an API (REST) with None authentication.
Which markets does BIS Data Portal cover?
It tracks Currencies, Bonds, Real Estate, Options, Futures, and Other.
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