UK page containing data described on the DSBB

19 November 2009

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Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted (NSA).
Figures may not sum due to rounding.



		United Kingdom: Economic and financial data

REAL SECTOR
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				Link to latest Press Release and additional information
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from previous period	Link to latest Press Release and additional information
National accounts						UK National Accounts
* GDP at current market prices	£ billion SA	Q2/09	347.0	349.0	-0.6	"
** Households	£ billion SA	Q2/09	217.3	217.7	-0.2	"
** Non-profit institutions	£ billion SA	Q2/09	9.0	9.0	-0.3	"
** General government	£ billion SA	Q2/09	81.5	80.4	1.4	"
** Gross fixed capital formation	£ billion SA	Q2/09	52.1	55.0	-5.4	"
** Change in inventories	£ billion SA	Q2/09	-3.8	-5.4	N/A	"
** Acquisitions less disposals of valuables	£ billion SA	Q2/09	0.1	0.1	N/A	"
** Total exports	£ billion SA	Q2/09	94.3	85.1	10.9	"
** Total imports	£ billion SA	Q2/09	102.9	105.4	-2.4	"
* GDP at constant prices	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	316.8	318.7	-0.6	"
* Households	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	199.1	200.3	-0.6	"
** Non-profit institutions	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	7.2	7.4	-2.5	"
** General government	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	71.9	71.5	0.6	"
** Gross fixed capital formation	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	49.4	52.1	-5.2	"
** Change in inventories	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	-4.1	-5.2	N/A	"
** Acquisitions less disposals of valuables	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	0.3	0.3	N/A	"
** Total exports	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	79.9	81.1	-1.4	"
** Total imports	At 2001 prices £ billion SA	Q2/09	86.4	88.3	-2.2	"
Production index	Index of Production SA 2003=100	Sep/09	86.9	85.6	1.5	Index of Production
Employment	Public sector employment '000 SA	Q2/09	30,997.0	31,160.0	-0.5	Public Sector employment
Employment	Labour Force Survey '000 SA	Jul-Sep/09	28,927	28,921	0.0	Labour Market Statistics
Unemployment	Claimant Count '000 (2nd Thursday of each month) SA	Oct/09	1,639.5	1,626.6	0.8	Claimant Count
Unemployment	Labour Force Survey '000	Jul-Sep/09	2,461	2,432	1.2	Labour Market Statistics
Wages/Earnings	Average earnings index 2000=100	Sep/09	134.0	134.5	-0.4	Average Earnings Index
Consumer prices	Consumer Prices Index 2005=100	Oct/09	111.7	111.5	0.2	Consumer Prices Index
Consumer prices	Retail Prices Index 1987=100	Oct/09	216.0	215.3	0.3	Retail Price Index
Producer prices	Producer Price Index 2005=100	Oct/09	115.0	114.8	0.2	Producer Price Index
FISCAL SECTOR
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				Link to latest Press Release and additional information
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from previous period	Link to latest Press Release and additional information
General government operations						Public Sector Accounts
* Revenue	£ billion	Q2/09	119.4	145.6	-18.0	"
* Expenditure	£ billion	Q2/09	158.2	174.0	-9.1	"
* Balance, Deficit-/Surplus+	£ billion	Q2/09	-38.6	-27.9	N/A	"
* Financing	£ billion	Q2/09	-39.2	-28.2	N/A	"
** Domestic banks	£ billion	Q2/09	69.4	12.8	N/A	"
** Domestic non-banks	£ billion	Q2/09	-25.6	2.6	N/A	"
** Rest of the world	£ billion	Q2/09	-4.6	14.4	N/A	"
* Balancing item	£ billion	Q2/09	0.3	-0.1	N/A	"
Central government operations 1						"
Public Sector Statistics - Monthly data						Public Sector Finances
* Revenue	Central Government Cash Receipts £ billion	Oct/09	40.0	28.6	39.9	"
* Expenditure	Central Government Cash Outlays £ billion	Oct/09	44.5	52.0	-14.4	"
* Balance, deficit-/surplus+	Central Government Own Account Borrowing £ billion	Oct/09	4.5	23.3	N/A	"
Quarterly data						Public Sector Accounts
* Revenue	£ billion	Q2/09	72.3	103.9	-30.4	"
* Expenditure	£ billion	Q2/09	116.8	126.2	-7.4	"
* Balance, deficit-/surplus+	£ billion	Q2/09	-44.3	-21.9	N/A	"
* Financing	£ billion	Q2/09	-44.7	-22.6	N/A	"
** Domestic banks	£ billion	Q2/09	72.0	8.6	N/A	"
** Domestic non-banks	£ billion	Q2/09	-21.9	1.6	N/A	"
** Rest of the world	£ billion	Q2/09	-4.7	14.2	N/A	"
* Balancing Item	£ billion	Q2/09	0.2	0.3	N/A	"
Central government debt						Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
* Total government debt	£ billion	Sep/09	881.2	857.1	2.8	"
** Of which under 1 year residual maturity	£ billion	Sep/09	225.3	227.3	-0.9	"
** Of which greater than 1 year residual maturity	£ billion	Sep/09	655.9	629.8	4.1	"
* Total Sterling debt	£ billion	Sep/09	881.2	857.1	2.8	"
** Of which under 1 year residual maturity	£ billion	Sep/09	225.3	227.3	-0.9	"
** Of which greater than 1 year residual maturity	£ billion	Sep/09	655.9	629.8	4.1	"
** Holdings of British government securities	£ billion	Sep/09	692.8	666.9	3.9	"
** Other instruments	£ billion	Sep/09	188.4	190.2	-0.9	"
* Total foreign currency debt	£ billion	Sep/09	0.0	0.0	N/A	Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statisitics
** Of which residual maturity less than 1 month	£ billion	Sep/09	0.0	0.0	N/A	"
** Of which residual maturity 1 month up to 3 months	£ billion	Sep/09	0.0	0.0	N/A	"
** Of which residual maturity 3 months up to 1 year	£ billion	Sep/09	0.0	0.0	N/A	"
** Of which residual maturity greater than 12 months	£ billion	Sep/09	0.0	0.0	N/A	"
FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info (email link to data category owner)
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from previous period	More info (email link to data category owner)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector						Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
* Monetary aggregates
** broad money (M4)	£ billion SA	Oct/09	2081.0	2025.4	2.7	Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
** broad money (M4)	£ billion NSA	Oct/09	2074.3	2038.8	1.7	"
* Domestic gross credit to the public sector	£ billion	Sep/09	222.0	197.3	12.5	"
* Domestic gross credit to the private sector	£ billion	Sep/09	2952.2	2943.4	0.3	"
** of which: Sterling	£ billion	Sep/09	2438.4	2418.8	0.8	"
* Gross credit to non-residents	£ billion	Sep/09	3466.9	3414.5	1.5	"
* Gross liabilities to non-residents	£ billion	Sep/09	3489.0	3440.2	1.4	"
* Net external position	£ billion	Sep/09	-22.0	-25.7	N/A	"
Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 2						Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
* Reserve money	£ billion	Sep/09	47.0	49.9	-5.8	"
* Domestic claims on the public sector	£ billion	Sep/09	164.8	145.5	13.3	"
* Domestic claims on the private sector	£ billion	Sep/09	8.5	13.4	-36.6	"
* Gross credit to non-residents	£ billion	Sep/09	24.6	25.0	-1.6	"
* Gross liabilities to non-residents	£ billion	Sep/09	20.3	26.1	-22.2	"
* Net External position	£ billion	Sep/09	4.3	-1.1	N/A	"
Interest rates 3						Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
* Policy variable rate (minimum lending rate)	Percent	Oct/09	0.5	0.5	N/A	"
* 91 day Treasury Bill Rate (average rate of discount)	Percent	Oct/09	0.5	0.4	N/A	"
* British Government Stock 20 year par gross redemption yield	Percent	Oct/09	4.1	4.1	N/A	"
Stock market 4	FTSE All-share 1962=100	Oct/09				"Link to FT.com" page
EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Observations				More info (email link to data category owner)
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Period of latest data	Latest data	Data for previous period	% change from previous period	More info (email link to data category owner)
Balance of Payments						Balance of Payments
* Current Balance	£ billion	Q2/09	-10.6	-4.3	N/A	"
* Imports of goods and services	£ billion	Q2/09	102.8	102.9	-0.1	"
* Exports of goods and services	£ billion	Q2/09	94.2	95.1	-1.0	"
* Net income receipts	£ billion	Q2/09	2.0	8.2	N/A	"
* Net receipts from current transfers	£ billion	Q2/09	-3.7	-4.6	N/A	"
* Financial Transactions	£ billion	Q2/09	11.2	-2.1	N/A	"
* International reserves	£ billion	Q2/09	-4.9	-1.8	N/A	"
* Balancing Item	£ billion	Q2/09	-1.6	5.6	N/A	"
International Reserves (Total Official Reserves)	US $ billion	Oct/09	66.2	65.7	0.8	Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
Foreign Currency	US $ billion	Oct/09	36.9	36.9	N/A	"
IMF Reserve Position	US $ billion	Oct/09	4.0	3.9	N/A	"
SDRs	US $ billion	Oct/09	13.9	13.8	N/A	"
Gold	US $ billion	Oct/09	10.4	9.9	N/A	"
Other Reserve Assets	US $ billion	Oct/09	-1.0	-1.4	N/A	"
Reserves Template	US $ billion	Oct/09				Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
Merchandise trade						UK Trade
* Total exports	£ billion	Sep/09	20.1	16.7	20.3	"
* Total imports	£ billion	Sep/09	27.7	22.6	22.7	"
* Total balance	£ billion	Sep/09	-7.6	-5.9	N/A	"
International investment position						Balance of Payments
* Assets	£ billion	Q2/09	6403.6	6853.7	-6.6	"
** Direct Investment	£ billion	Q2/09	1070.4	1090.7	-1.9	"
** Portfolio Investment	£ billion	Q2/09	1719.3	1747.2	-1.6	"
*** Equity	£ billion	Q2/09	557.4	511.6	9.0	"
*** Debt	£ billion	Q2/09	1161.9	1235.6	-6.0	"
** Other	£ billion	Q2/09	3582.2	3981.5	-10.0	"
** Reserves	£ billion	Q2/09	31.7	34.2	N/A	"
* Liabilities	£ billion	Q2/09	6328.0	6685.5	-5.3	"
** Direct investment	£ billion	Q2/09	680.5	679.5	0.1	"
** Portfolio investment	£ billion	Q2/09	2055.9	1955.8	5.1	"
*** Equity	£ billion	Q2/09	591.1	657.8	-10.1	"
*** Debt	£ billion	Q2/09	1464.8	1438.1	1.9	"
** Other	£ billion	Q2/09	3591.6	4050.2	-11.3	"
* Net position	£ billion	Q2/09	75.6	168.1	N/A	"
** Direct Investment	£ billion	Q2/09	389.9	411.2	N/A	"
** Portfolio Investment	£ billion	Q2/09	-336.6	-208.6	N/A	"
*** Equity	£ billion	Q2/09	-33.7	-6.2	N/A	"
*** Debt	£ billion	Q2/09	-302.9	-202.4	N/A	"
** Other	£ billion	Q2/09	-9.4	-68.7	N/A	"
External Debt - Gross	£ billion	Q2/09	5487.7	5944.6	-7.7	UK External Debt Q1_Q4_08 UK External Debt Q1_Q2_09
Exchange rates 3	£ Index 2005=100	Oct/09	79.1	80.9	-2.2	Bank of England: Monetary & Financial Statistics
POPULATION	Million	2007	61.0	60.6	0.6	Population

Footnotes
1 A flexibility option has been taken for the periodicity and timeliness of Central Government financing.
2 A flexibility option has been taken for the timeliness of Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank.
3 Daily figures are available from Nazira Khanam - BoE
4 Daily figures are available from Nazira Khanam - BoE
5 If you have any general queries about this page please contact Alexandra Burnett

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