European Central Bank · Key interest rates change only on Governing Council decisions (published as daily level series); EUR reference exchange rates are published each business day around 16:00 CET; HICP is monthly (flash estimate at month end, full release mid-following-month, with occasional revisions).
License: open-government · official terms. Attribution text and per-series license flags ride in every API envelope.
Source API docs · Verification statuses come from golden-value and freshness checks against the live source; see status.
Quickstart
Latest observations, with provenance and citation on every value:
curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/ecb/series/HICP.M.U2.N.000000.4D0.ANR/observations?latest=12"
A computed, cited answer from this source:
curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"question": "What is the latest HICP Inflation rate - Total - Annual rate of change?", "source": "ecb"}'
As MCP tools in Claude, Cursor, or any agent framework:
claude mcp add --transport http starwell https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/mcp
Series
| Series | Indicator | Geography | Unit | Freq | Coverage | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HICP.M.U2.N.000000.4D0.ANR | HICP Inflation rate - Total - Annual rate of change | Euro area (changing composition) | percent change | monthly | 1997-01-01 .. 2026-06-01 | passing |
| FM.D.U2.EUR.4F.KR.MRR_FR.LEV | Main refinancing operations - fixed rate tenders (fixed rate) (date of changes) - Level | Euro area (changing composition) | percent per annum | daily | 1999-01-01 .. 2026-07-20 | passing |
| FM.D.U2.EUR.4F.KR.DFR.LEV | Deposit facility - date of changes (raw data) - Level | Euro area (changing composition) | percent per annum | daily | 1999-01-01 .. 2026-07-20 | passing |
| FM.D.U2.EUR.4F.KR.MLFR.LEV | Marginal lending facility - date of changes (raw data) - Level | Euro area (changing composition) | percent per annum | daily | 1999-01-01 .. 2026-07-20 | passing |
| EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A | US dollar/Euro ECB reference exchange rate | Euro area | USD | daily | 1999-01-04 .. 2026-07-20 | passing |