Key points
- Total capital issuance by all UK residents was £43.6bn in February, £0.9bn higher than in January and £4.1bn higher than the previous six month average.
- Gross bond issuance by the OFC sector was £11.0bn in February, £6.2bn higher than in January and £4.1bn higher than the previous six month average.
- Gross equity issuance by the PNFC sector increased to £0.7bn in February, £0.6bn higher than in January and £0.4bn higher than the previous six month average.
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 £43.6bn in February, compared to £42.6bn in January and the previous six month average of £39.4bn (Chart 1).
- Net issuance was £14.8bn in February, compared to £6.1bn in January and the previous six month average of £3.2bn (Chart 1).
- Year-to-date gross issuance was £86.2bn, £26.3bn higher than at the same point the previous year (Chart 2).
- Year-to-date net issuance was £20.9bn, £16.3bn higher 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 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 £26.3bn in February, compared to £22.6bn in January and the previous six month average of £22.1bn (Chart 4).
- Net bond issuance was £12.2bn in February, compared to £2.3bn in January and the previous six month average of £3.2bn (Chart 4).
- The increase in net issuance was driven by an increase in issuance by the OFC sector combined with 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 £16.3bn in February, compared to £19.8bn in January and the previous six month average of £16.7bn (Chart 5).
- Net commercial paper issuance was £2.2bn in February, compared to £4.8bn in January and the previous six month average of £1.3bn (Chart 5).
- The decrease in net issuance was primarily driven by a decrease in issuance 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 £1.0bn in February, compared to £0.3bn in January and the previous six month average of £0.6bn (Chart 6).
- Net equity issuance was £0.4bn in February, compared to -£1.0bn in January and the previous six month average of -£1.3bn (Chart 6).
- The increase in net issuance was driven by an increase in issuance, combined with a decrease in buybacks, by the PNFC sector.
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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