Further details about Bank of England sterling money market operations (since May 2006) data

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Overview

To deliver the Bank’s statutory responsibilities for monetary and financial stability we use our balance sheet to provide a range of facilities and operations, available on public, market-wide terms to eligible financial firms.

Information about how we use our balance sheet can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide.

Availability

The Bank publishes data on active sterling market operations under the D series tables ‘Public sector debt and money markets operations (including reserves)’.

• Data in Official Rates and Ranges by Maintenance Period (Table D2.1.1) and Sterling Monetary Framework assets and liabilities by Maintenance Period (Table D2.2.1) are available monthly from June 2006.
• Daily data in Daily Flows - Open Market Operations by Maintenance Period (Table D2.2.3) are available from May 2006.
• Data in Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility (Table D2.3.1) are available weekly as at close of business on a Thursday from February 2009 to 16 September 2016, and as at close of business on a Wednesday from 22 September 2016. (This change was made following the introduction of the Term Funding Scheme, to align with the publication of the Bank’s Weekly Report.)
• Data in Bank of England - Term Funding Schemes (Table D2.3.4) are available from September 2016, but note that prior to 21 January 2019 the Term Funding Scheme was a part of the Asset Purchase Facility. Publication of data will usually occur on the Monday following an MPC decision on the Interactive Database, and on the 21st working day of each calendar month. Data from the Term Funding Scheme with additional incentives for SMEs (Table D2.3.4) began in April 2022 and are published weekly.
• Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility (Table D2.3.1) and Bank of England - Term Funding Schemes (Table D2.3.4) are updated weekly.
• Data in Bank of England Discount Window Facility lending (Table D2.2.4) are published quarterly.
• Data in the Bank of England – Alternative Liquidity Facility (Table 2.3.5) began in December 2021 and are published monthly.

Market operations, schemes and facilities (including but not limited to the Covid Corporate Financing Facility and Funding for Lending Scheme) previously operated by the Bank can be found in the Bank’s statistical database.

Further information about our market operations can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide.

The data available are not seasonally adjusted.

Sources

The data were compiled by the Bank of England.

Definitions

Descriptions of market operations can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide. In addition, there is a dedicated section for historic schemes and facilities within the Guide. 

Further information

More information on these operations can be found in the Bank of England Market Operations Guide.

More details of the collateral eligible for use in the Bank’s operations is given on the Eligible Collateral page.