By Andrew Holder of the Bank's Monetary and Financial Statistics Division.
Data collected by the Bank of England from UK banks are used in compiling a range of economic statistics published by the Bank, the Office for National Statistics and other organisations. These data help the Bank maintain monetary and financial stability, and contribute to many other economic analyses. But data collection inevitably imposes some costs on those supplying the information. This article describes a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) framework that has been developed to help balance the demands on data suppliers with the needs of users. It sets out some of the practical solutions employed in applying CBA to monetary and financial statistics and early results of the project.
Cost-benefit analysis of monetary and financial statistics