Capital Issuance - December 2017

Capital issuance statistics consist of UK-based primary market issuance of bonds, commercial paper and equity, representing finance raised in the UK.

Published on 19 January 2018

Gross issuance by UK residents was £29.8bn in December 2017, £20.3bn lower than November and £12.3bn lower than the previous six months average.
Net issuance by UK residents was -£5.6bn in December, £22.4bn lower than November and £12.9bn lower than the previous six months average.
PNFC gross bond issuance was £4.2bn in December, £6.0bn lower than in November and £1.9bn lower than the previous six months average.

Sterling billions
Not seasonally adjusted

	Gross issues by instrument and sector
	MFI				OFC					PNFC			Total
	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)
	B53L	Z935	B49M	B69I	B55L	Z937	B53M	B72I	B57L	Z939	B55M	B73I	B22K
2017 Sep	-	11.0	7.7	4.6	0.2	5.6	6.1	6.8	0.2	7.6	2.1	3.1	40.7
Oct	-	10.9	7.9	6.2	0.8	11.2	6.2	11.6	1.2	2.1	4.5	2.2	46.0
Nov	-	10.6	9.0	3.4	0.2	8.6	6.7	7.9	1.1	10.2	2.6	4.7	50.1
Dec	-	5.4	4.2	2.6	1.0	2.8	4.7	6.8	0.8	4.2	5.1	2.2	29.8

Sterling billions
Not seasonally adjusted

	Net issues by instrument and sector
	MFI				OFC					PNFC			Total
	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)	Shares	Bonds	CP	Of which: Sterling (£)
	B35L	Z93P	B36L	B79I	B39L	Z93R	B42L	B64M	B29L	Z5ZC	Z5ZD	B83I	B24K
2017 Sep	-	1.4	2.0	0.7	-0.4	2.9	-0.9	0.6	-1.6	3.5	-	0.2	6.9
Oct	-	-2.1	3.0	0.9	0.3	7.3	0.8	5.0	-0.5	-4.7	-0.2	-2.4	4.5
Nov	-	4.7	2.8	2.2	-0.1	4.2	0.6	1.4	-0.9	5.7	-0.5	1.7	16.8
Dec	-	-1.8	-3.1	-1.3	0.9	-5.4	-1.0	2.4	-0.2	0.4	3.0	-0.9	-5.6