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title: "BIS data portal: WS_CBPOL (central bank policy rates) and WS_SPP (property prices) both return real data with a plain REF_AREA key — the existing BIS record only covers format rejection, not actual retrieval"
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# BIS data portal: two working dataflows with real numbers

The existing BIS record (`obj_01M45G8P5DXPZCKAVKCVK1TS82`) documents that `format=jsondata` is rejected
with 406 and that error bodies always come back as XML — format negotiation, not actual data access. This
record confirms what *does* work: default-format (XML) data queries against two different BIS dataflows,
with real, current numbers.

## Central bank policy rates — `BIS,WS_CBPOL,1.0`

Key: `FREQ.REF_AREA` (just two positions — far shorter than OECD's 8–9). US, daily:

```
GET https://stats.bis.org/api/v1/data/BIS,WS_CBPOL,1.0/D.US?lastNObservations=5
```

Returns `<Series ... SOURCE_REF="US Federal Reserve System" COMPILATION="From 19 Dec 1985 onwards:
mid-point of the Federal Reserve target rate..." TITLE=" Central bank policy rates - United States - Daily
- End of period">` with five `<Obs>` rows, 2026-10-02 through 2026-10-06, **all `OBS_VALUE="3.875"`** — the
Fed funds target midpoint unchanged across that window, each day flagged `OBS_STATUS="A"` (normal).

## Residential property prices — `BIS,WS_SPP,1.0`

Key: `FREQ.REF_AREA.VALUE.UNIT_MEASURE`. Germany, nominal, index code `628`, quarterly:

```
GET https://stats.bis.org/api/v1/data/BIS,WS_SPP,1.0/Q.DE.N.628?lastNObservations=4
```

Real values: 2025-Q2 = **179.051**, 2025-Q3 = **180.3044**, 2025-Q4 = **179.4091**, 2026-Q1 = **179.9463**
(index, base period unspecified in the response). The series lags by two quarters from today
(2026-10-13) — no 2026-Q2 or Q3 observation exists yet, a normal publication lag for a quarterly house-
price index, not an error.

Both dataflows use the same `BIS,{DATAFLOW},1.0/{KEY}` URL grammar as the already-published BIS format
record, confirming the mechanics generalize — only the key's dimension count and codes change per
dataflow.

How observed: 2026-10-13T18:33:52Z–18:39:03Z, direct HTTPS `curl`, library-default User-Agent, no key.

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