International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Bureau of Economic Analysis International API
description: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API provides programmatic access to BEA published economic statistics using industry-standard methods and procedures.
version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Bureau of Economic Analysis Developer Support
url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
license:
name: Public Domain
url: https://www.bea.gov/help/faq/245
servers:
- url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
description: BEA API Production Server
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: International
description: International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.
paths:
/ita-data:
get:
operationId: getITAData
summary: Get International Transactions Data
description: Retrieves data from the International Transactions Accounts (ITA) dataset. Covers U.S. current account, capital account, and financial account transactions with the rest of the world.
tags:
- International
parameters:
- name: UserID
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
- name: method
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- GetData
example: GetData
- name: DatasetName
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- ITA
example: ITA
- name: Indicator
in: query
required: true
description: ITA indicator code (e.g., BalGds for Balance on Goods).
schema:
type: string
example: BalGds
- name: AreaOrCountry
in: query
required: true
description: Country or area code. Use 'AllCountries' for all.
schema:
type: string
example: AllCountries
- name: Frequency
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- A
- QSA
example: A
- name: Year
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: '2023'
- name: ResultFormat
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- JSON
- XML
default: JSON
responses:
'200':
description: International transactions data.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
/mne-data:
get:
operationId: getMNEData
summary: Get Multinational Enterprises Data
description: Retrieves data on U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) and foreign multinational enterprises operating in the United States, including financial and operating data.
tags:
- International
parameters:
- name: UserID
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
- name: method
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- GetData
example: GetData
- name: DatasetName
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- MNE
example: MNE
- name: DirectionOfInvestment
in: query
required: true
description: Direction of investment - outward (US parent) or inward (foreign parent).
schema:
type: string
enum:
- outward
- inward
example: outward
- name: ClassificationCode
in: query
required: true
description: Industry or country classification code.
schema:
type: string
example: '0'
- name: Year
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: '2022'
- name: SeriesID
in: query
required: true
description: MNE series identifier for the measure requested.
schema:
type: integer
example: 4
- name: ResultFormat
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- JSON
- XML
default: JSON
responses:
'200':
description: Multinational enterprises data.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
components:
schemas:
DataPoint:
type: object
properties:
TableName:
type: string
description: Table name for this data point.
SeriesCode:
type: string
description: Series code identifying the specific series.
LineNumber:
type: string
description: Line number in the source table.
LineDescription:
type: string
description: Description of the line item.
TimePeriod:
type: string
description: Time period for the data point (e.g., 2023, 2023Q1).
CL_UNIT:
type: string
description: Classification unit.
MULT:
type: string
description: Multiplier for the data value (e.g., 6 = millions).
DataValue:
type: string
description: The actual data value as a string.
NoteRef:
type: string
description: Reference to note, if applicable.
DataResponse:
type: object
properties:
BEAAPI:
type: object
properties:
Request:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestInfo'
Results:
type: object
properties:
Statistic:
type: string
description: Name of the statistic returned.
UnitOfMeasure:
type: string
description: Unit of measure for the data values.
PublicTable:
type: string
description: Name of the public table.
UTCProductionTime:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Production timestamp of the data.
NoteRef:
type: string
description: Reference to any notes on the data.
Dimensions:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Dimension'
Data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataPoint'
Notes:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
NoteRef:
type: string
NoteText:
type: string
Dimension:
type: object
properties:
Name:
type: string
description: Name of the dimension (e.g., TableName, Frequency, Year, Line).
DataType:
type: string
description: Data type of the dimension values.
IsValue:
type: string
enum:
- '0'
- '1'
description: Indicates if this dimension contains the actual data value.
RequestInfo:
type: object
properties:
RequestParam:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
ParameterName:
type: string
ParameterValue:
type: string
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: UserID
description: BEA API key obtained by registering at https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/