UK Official Holdings of International Reserves: Monthly Government Net Reserves

UK monthly data detailing the government's net international reserves, with breakdowns for gross reserves and gross liabilities. The dataset is produced by HM Treasury and designated as National Statistics. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Modeling UK external liquidity risk based on monthly net reserve figures.
• Analyzing trends in government gross liabilities mentioned in the description.
• Forecasting currency stability using gross international reserves data.
• Benchmarking UK reserve holdings against other nations using the monthly time series.

Strengths

• Produced by HM Treasury, an authoritative government source.
• Designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality standards.
• Provides monthly granularity for tracking changes over time.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may require extraction for analysis.

Provenance

Source

HM Treasury

Collection Method

Official government reporting.

Time Range

Monthly series; specific start date is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:20.262932; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom