Further details about Bank of England sterling money market operations (since May 2006) data

The Bank of England’s Sterling Monetary Framework (SMF) is designed to implement the decisions of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and to reduce the cost of disruption to the critical financial services, including liquidity and payment services, supplied by SMF participants to the UK economy.

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Overview

To deliver the Bank’s statutory responsibilities for monetary and financial stability we use our balance sheet to provide a range of facilities and operations, available on public, market-wide terms to eligible financial firms.

Information about how we use our balance sheet can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide.

Availability

The Bank publishes data on active sterling market operations under the D series tables ‘Public sector debt and money markets operations (including reserves)’.

Market operations, schemes and facilities (including but not limited to the Covid Corporate Financing Facility and Funding for Lending Scheme) previously operated by the Bank can be found in the Bank’s statistical database.

Further information about our market operations can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide.

The data available are not seasonally adjusted.

Sources

The data were compiled by the Bank of England.

Definitions

Descriptions of market operations can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide. In addition, there is a dedicated section for historic schemes and facilities within the Guide. 

Further information

More information on these operations can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide.

More details of the collateral eligible for use in the Bank’s operations is given on the Eligible Collateral page.

This page was last updated 31 January 2023