M4 excluding intermediate OFCs increased by £11.1 billion in January, compared to an average monthly increase of £3.4 billion in the previous two quarters. The three-month annualised growth rate increased to 4.9%. M4 lending excluding intermediate OFCs increased by £7.8 billion in January; compared to an average monthly decrease of £0.8 billion in the previous two quarters. The three-month annualised growth rate was 0.4%.

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The household sector’s holdings of M4 rose by £5.6 billion in January compared to an average monthly increase of £1.9 billion in the previous two quarters. The annual growth rate was 2.8%. M4 lending (excluding the effects of securitisations etc) to the household sector rose by £1.4 billion in January compared to an average monthly increase of £0.8 billion in the previous two quarters. The annual growth rate was 0.9%. Private non-financial corporations’ (PNFCs’) holdings of M4 fell by £0.6 billion in January, compared to an average monthly increase of £0.2 billion in the previous two quarters. The annual growth rate fell to 1.1%. M4 lending (excluding the effects of securitisations etc) to PNFCs increased by £1.1 billion in January, compared to an average monthly decrease of £0.5 billion in the previous two quarters, and the annual growth rate was -2.6%. Holdings of M4 by non-intermediate other financial corporations (NIOFCs) rose by £6.2 billion and M4 lending (excluding the effects of securitisations etc) to NIOFCs increased by £5.4 billion in January.
The version of this statistical release published originally incorrectly stated that “Holdings of M4 by non-intermediate other financial corporations (NIOFCs) fell by £6.2 billion”.
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29 March 2011