FinStats: UK Private Sector Holdings of Public Debt and Tax Instruments

M4 private sector holdings of UK public sector debt, including Sterling Treasury bills, British government securities, and tax instruments. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and produced by the Office for National Statistics. Its last recorded update was scheduled for July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the M4 monetary aggregate based on private sector holdings of public debt.
• Analyzing demand for Sterling Treasury bills and British government securities.
• Studying the composition of public sector liabilities held by the private sector.
• Forecasting trends in UK public debt based on historical holdings data.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality standards.
• Produced by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.885369, suggesting planned maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on the UK.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.885369; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom