BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
LONDON, September 2,
Tb.9 Bank of England return for the week ended September 2, with that for August 25, is given in millions of pounds, as follows:— Aug. 25 , Sept. 2.
£ £ (millions) (millions}
Issue Department— Notes in circulation ... 974.9 978.7 Notes in Banking Dept. . 25.3 21.5 Govt. debt 11.0 H-0 ! Govt. securities 988.2 988.3 I Other securities 0.8 0.7 Fiduciary issue ....... 1000.0 1000.0 ! Gold coin and bullion .. 0.2 0.2 I Banking Department— Capital 14.5. 14.5 ! Best 3.4 3.5 Public deposits ........ 7.2 11.3 Bankers' deposits 166.8 156.0 Other accounts 56.6 53.4 Govt. securities ....'202.2 195.7 Advances and discounts . 3.5 2.6 Other securities 16.3 . 17.5 Notes and coin ...'.. 26.7 22.9 Proportion, p.c. , 11.59 10.39 i Bank rate, 2 per cent, since October 26, 1939.
Bank-note circulation as at August 18 was £977,000,000, and for September 2, 1942, it was £830,000,000. with a fiduciary Issue of £880,000.000.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 57, 4 September 1943, Page 9
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