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Symbols

Almost all the tables within this publication have series codes, which have been created to identify uniquely some of the series. Most of the codes have seven letters/numbers and are designed to facilitate the identification of series. The first letter of each code signifies the area in the Bank responsible for this data, the second denotes the publication status and the third represents the frequency of that series (M for monthly, Q for quarterly and A for annual). The remaining four letters/numbers are series-identifier codes. Where these series are identical to National Statistics, the same series-identifying codes have been used. Some codes contain a suffix of further characters which identify breakdowns of a series.

Symbols and conventions:

BoE Bank of England FRN Floating Rate Note SDR Special Drawing Rights
GDP Gross Domestic Product TESSA Tax-Exempt Special Savings Account ISA Individual Savings Account
SAYE Save As You Earn CGNCR Central government net cash requirement M4 private sector All UK residents other than the public sector, and monetary financial institutions
NIB Non-interest-bearing LGNCR Local government net cash requirement o/w of which
IB Interest-bearing PCNCR Public corporations’ net cash requirement nsa not seasonally adjusted
£ Sterling PSNCR Public sector net cash requirement sa Seasonally adjusted
FC Foreign currency PNFCs Private non-financial corporations Household sector Previously - Personal sector
CDs Certificates of deposit MFIs Monetary financial institutions TBs Treasury bills
CG Central government OFCs Other financial corporations BIS Bank for International Settlements
LG Local government OPS Other public sector (i.e. LG and PCs) - Nil or less than £0.5 million or 0.05%
PCs Public corporations ECGD Export Credits Guarantee Department .. Data not available or are suppressed for reasons of confidentiality
PS Public sector     # Start or end of a series

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