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Bank for International Settlements API

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Bank for International Settlements - policy rates, credit gaps, debt ratios, and exchange rates.

Actions
6
Category
Finance
Login
Not required
Output
JSON

Call the Bank for International Settlements API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs bis_consumer_prices.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "bis_consumer_prices",
    "params": {
      "countries": "<countries>",
      "limit": 10
    }
  }'

6 actions on bis.org

Read

  • Consumer Prices

    bis_consumer_pricesread1 credit / call

    Returns long-run CPI inflation percent year-over-year for cross-country comparison with deep history.

    countries
    string
    limit
    integer
  • Credit Gap

    bis_credit_gapread1 credit / call

    Returns credit-to-GDP gaps used as a banking crisis early warning, where over 10pp signals danger.

    countries
    string
    limit
    integer
  • Debt Service Ratios

    bis_debt_service_ratiosread1 credit / call

    Returns private sector debt service ratios as principal plus interest as a percent of income.

    countries
    string
    limit
    integer
  • Effective Exchange Rates

    bis_effective_exchange_ratesread1 credit / call

    Returns trade-weighted real or nominal effective exchange rates indexed to 2020 equals 100.

    countries
    string
    rate_type
    string
    limit
    integer
  • Policy Rates

    bis_policy_ratesread1 credit / call

    Returns central bank policy rates for over 40 countries, monthly, back to 1946.

    countries
    string
    limit
    integer
    start_date
    string
  • Property Prices

    bis_property_pricesread1 credit / call

    Returns real residential property price changes percent year-over-year as a global housing tracker.

    countries
    string
    limit
    integer

Bank for International Settlements API questions

Is there an API for Bank for International Settlements?
Bank for International Settlements does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 6 maintained endpoints for bis.org. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Bank for International Settlements data?
POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when bis.org changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Bank for International Settlements account?
No. Every Bank for International Settlements action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Bank for International Settlements API cost?
Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

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