Key points
- Total capital issuance by all UK residents was £40.5bn in February, £0.1bn lower than in January but £4.1bn higher than the previous six month average.
- Net bond issuance was £5.6bn in February, compared to -£3.3bn in January and the previous six month average of -£3.0bn.
- Net commercial paper issuance was -£2.0bn in February, compared to £3.3bn in January and the previous six month average of -£0.7bn.
- Gross equity issuance was £2.3bn in February, compared to £0.2bn in January and the previous six month average of £2.4bn.
In addition to the summary statistics contained within this release and the associated tables, the Bank publishes a number of more granular series; please see our Bankstats tables (E3.1) and the full list of series and interactive charts.
All sectors
- Gross capital issuance by UK residents was £40.5bn in February, compared to £40.6bn in January and the previous six month average of £36.5bn (Chart 1).
- Net issuance was £5.7bn in February, compared to £0.1bn in January and the previous six month average of -£1.5bn (Chart 1).
- Year-to-date gross issuance was £81.1bn, £5.0bn lower than at the same point the previous year (Chart 2).
- Year-to-date net issuance was £5.8bn, £15.2bn lower than at the same point the previous year (Chart 3).
Chart 1: Total capital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Chart 2: Gross year to date capital issuance by UK residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Chart 3: Net year to date capital issuance by UK residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Bond issuance
- Gross bond issuance was £22.6bn in February, unchanged from January and £2.3bn higher the previous six month average of £20.3bn (Chart 4).
- Net bond issuance was £5.6bn in February, compared to -£3.3bn in January and the previous six month average of -£3.0bn (Chart 4).
- The increase in net issuance was driven by a decrease in repayments by the MFI sector.
Chart 4: Bond issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Commercial paper issuance
- Gross commercial paper issuance was £15.6bn in February, compared to £17.7bn in January and the previous six month average of £13.8bn (Chart 5).
- Net commercial paper issuance was -£2.0bn in February, compared to £3.3bn in January and the previous six month average of -£0.7bn (Chart 5).
- The decrease in net issuance was driven by a decrease in MFI issuance, combined with an increase in repayments by both the MFI and PNFC sectors.
Chart 5: Commercial paper issuance by UK residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Equity issuance
- Gross equity issuance was £2.3bn in February, compared to £0.2bn in January and the previous six month average of £2.4bn (Chart 6).
- Net equity issuance was £2.1bn in February, compared to £0.0bn in January and the previous six month average of £2.2bn (Chart 6).
- The increase in net issuance was driven by an increase in issuance by both the PNFC and OFC sectors.
Chart 6: Equity issuance by UK residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Key
- PNFC = Private non-financial corporation
- MFI = Monetary financial institutions
- OFC = Other financial corporations
- Other sectors = Other sectors contains public corporations and non-profit institutions serving households
- CP = Commercial paper
Queries
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Next release date: 29 April 2021