Information Classes
Section Five - Monetary & Financial Statistics
Bank of England: Monetary
& Financial Statistics ("Bankstats")
The tables in this
publication contain information from the statistical releases published by the
Monetary & Financial Statistics Division and other data compiled by the
Bank.
Many issues incorporate articles (technical notes, papers and
write-ups of statistics-related meetings, topical issues in statistics,
consultation papers etc).
Available: Internet (current monthly update),
Hard copy (printed publication as available)
Internet free of charge, Charge
for Hard Copy (Please contact
Publications Group 0207 601 4030)
Monetary
& Financial Statistics "Interactive Database"
Provides access to long runs of
almost all statistical data published historically by the Bank's Monetary &
Financial Statistics Division.
Available: Internet Only. Four
downloadable formats available (HTML, Excel, csv and XML). Hard copy (only
defined data searches/ranges provided on request)
See also Statistical Interactive Database terms and conditions as published on the Internet
Free of charge
Latest Reporting Schedule for
Statistical Returns
Reporting schedule for paper and electronic
reporters (all banks operating in the UK) of statistical returns. Covers one
year's worth of reporting of all (numbering more than twenty)
returns.
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
Reserves data - UK International
Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity Template
Current and historic monthly data for the past three years,
covering the foreign currency assets and liabilities of the UK Government and
the Bank of England included within the IMF Special Data Dissemination Standard
template.
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
Statistical Notices to
Reporting Banks
Statistical Notices issued to all those
responsible for the completion of Bank of England returns and the software
houses that provide reporting software for those institutions.
Ad-hoc
Notices issued within the past three years which may:
- Update/clarify definitions contained in the Banking Statistics "Yellow Folder".
- Give notice of, and issue, new reporting returns.
- Advertise Banks' Briefing Seminars on completing returns.
- Advise on electronic reporting issues.
- Seek additional information to assist in the compilation of banking data.
- Advise on forthcoming classification changes or one-off events likely to have an impact upon reported data.
- Update reporting schedules and contact details.
- Notify banks of forthcoming Cash Ratio Deposits calculations and calls.
Available: Internet, Hard Copy
Free of charge
Bank Reporting Forms, Definitions and Validations
(known as "The Yellow Folder")
The current "Yellow Folder" content
which includes:
- Bank of England statistical bank reporting forms.
- Definitions (general and form specific) to assist with completion of the returns.
- Cross-form checks between forms and internal validations.
- A "Classification of Accounts Guide" to assist with correct economic, sectoral or industrial classification of counterparties.
- Reporting
Thresholds for Statistical Forms
(54k)
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
Other (non-bank) Reporting Forms, Definitions and Validations
- Current Bank of England statistical reporting forms for institutions other than banks.
- Definitions and internal validations (where relevant) to assist with completion of the returns.
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
Guidance and Newsletter on
Electronic Statistical Reporting
Issued by the Bank's Monetary
& Financial Statistics Division:
- Current guidance on electronic reporting and contact details.
- Electronic reporting newsletter issued bi-annually
(usually April & October). Latest two copies available.
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
Housing Equity Withdrawal (HEW)
Data from 1970
(Previously called Mortgage Equity Withdrawal until Q4 2006)
- The Bank's estimate of Housing Equity Withdrawal (HEW).
- Notes on how HEW is compiled.
- Contact details for enquiries.
Available: Internet
Free of charge
Monetary Analysis Statistics
Latest statistics
available on:
- Real-time database for GDP (Gross Domestic Product).
- Yield Curves.
- Information implied by option prices.
Available: Internet
Free of charge
Current Statistical Code of Practice
for the Bank of England
The Bank's current internal Code of
Practice for Bank of England Statistics, detailing the basis for the code, its
links to other codes of practice and the key principles of relevance,
integrity, quality, accessibility, confidentiality, respondent burden and cost
efficiency.
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
A
Firm Agreement Between the Bank of England and the Office for
National Statistics to Supply Data for Macro-economic Statistical
Purposes. 
(164k)
Agreement covering the exchange of data between the two institutions,
the timetables for exchange.
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
Significant
and/or Strategic Proposals for Bank of England Reporting
(120k)
A list of proposals relating to reporting requirements, compiled
twice yearly by the Bank, which is sent to the British Bankers'
Association (BBA).
Available: Internet
Free of charge
Statistics Derived from Financial
Prices
Daily estimates of both forward and spot yield curves for both
government and interbank debt. Government yield curves are available
in both real and nominal terms back to 1989.
Daily estimates (since April 1992) of probability density functions
for a variety of assets implied by the prices of options written
on those assets
Available: Excel spreadsheets on the Internet
Free of charge
Cost Benefit Analysis of Monetary and Financial Statistics
- Handbook (781k)
- providing practical guidance to help organisations involved in producing statistics to compare the user benefits of their data with the burden imposed on collecting and compiling it. - Cost Benefit Analysis Tool
(23k)
- and associated guidance (29k) .
Available: Internet, Hard copy
Free of charge
