Key points
- Total capital issuance by all UK residents was £40.6bn in January, £4.0bn higher than in December and £3.4bn higher than the previous six month average.
- Total bond issuance by the OFC sector was £8.5bn in January, £4.6bn higher than in December and £2.2bn higher than the previous six month average.
- Total commercial paper issuance by the MFI sector was £11.4bn in January, £2.5bn higher than in December and £2.9bn higher than the previous six month average.
- Total equity issuance by the PNFC sector was £0.2bn in January, £1.4bn lower than in January and £2.0bn lower 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 £40.6bn in January, compared to £36.6bn in December and the previous six month average of £37.2bn (Chart 1).
- Net capital issuance was £0.2bn in January, compared to -£2.5bn in December and the previous six month average of -£1.6bn (Chart 1).
Chart 1: Total capital issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Bond issuance
- Gross bond issuance was £22.6bn in January, compared to £21.1bn in December and the previous six month average of £20.9bn (Chart 2).
- Net bond issuance was -£3.3bn in January, compared to -£1.5bn in December and the previous six month average of -£2.9bn (Chart 2).
- The decrease in net issuance was driven by a decrease in issuance and an increase in repayments by the MFI sector.
Chart 2: Bond issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Commercial paper issuance
- Gross commercial paper issuance was £17.7bn in January, compared to £13.3bn in December and the previous six month average of £13.6bn (Chart 3).
- Net commercial paper issuance was £3.5bn in January, compared to -£3.0bn in December and the previous six month average of -£1.1bn (Chart 3).
- The increase in net issuance was driven by an increase in issuance by both the MFI and PNFC sectors, combined with a decrease in repayments by the PNFC sector.
Chart 3: Commercial paper issuance by UK-residents (all currencies)
Non seasonally adjusted
Equity issuance
- Gross equity issuance was £0.2bn in January, compared to £2.2bn in December and the previous six month average of £2.6bn (Chart 4).
- Net equity issuance was £0.0bn in January, compared to £2.0bn in December and the previous six month average of £2.4bn (Chart 4).
- The decrease in net issuance was driven by a decrease in issuance by both the PNFC and OFC sectors.
Chart 4: 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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