An article published in the March 1964 issue of this Bulletin sought to show the international position of the United Kingdom on capital account at the end of 1962. Such an inventory could never be complete, because there are inevitably gaps in the official statistics. The present article gives broadly comparable estimates for the end of 1964, with brief comments on the main changes since 1962. It includes new estimates of trade credit outstanding which have been produced by a special enquiry conducted by the Board of Trade and it thus presents a somewhat fuller picture than before.
An inventory of UK external assets and liabilities end-1964