Seasonally adjusted provisional figures for February are as follows. M4 increased by £4.4 billion (0.2%), below the average flow for the previous six months of £6.2 billion. The twelve-month growth rate continued to fall, to 3.6% from 4.7% in January.
M4 lending decreased by £5.3 billion (0.2%) in February. The twelve-month growth rate fell to 4.4% from 5.5% in January.
M4 lending (excluding the effects of securitisations etc.) decreased by £5.6 billion (0.2%) in February. The twelve-month growth rate continued to fall, to 3.0% from 4.3% in January.
These provisional data can be affected by banks' and building societies' deposit and lending business with financial companies that are part of the same group, as well as repo and reverse repo activity with intermediate other financial corporations. Most of these effects will be excluded from the measures of M4 and M4 lending excluding intermediate OFCs respectively, to be published in the Sectoral breakdown of aggregate M4 and M4 lending on 29 March 2010 (http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/fm4/2010.htm).
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