Highlights
BoP Current Account Balance SA £m
£ -25,200 m
2019 Q2
- Release date:
- 30 September 2019
- Next release:
- 20 December 2019
UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: 2019
What's in the bulletin?
- The UK current account deficit widened to 4.3% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, from a deficit of 3.5% of GDP in 2017, and remains high by historical standards.
- This was driven mostly by the widening in the trade deficit from 1.2% to 1.8% of GDP in 2018 – the largest trade deficit since 2010; in addition, there was a slight widening to the deficits on both primary income and secondary income, which reached 1.3% and 1.2% respectively.
- The UK financial account recorded a net inflow of £77.2 billion in 2018, equivalent to 8.3% of GDP, as foreign residents invested £177.7 billion in the UK offset partially by UK residents investing £100.6 billion overseas.
Time series related to Balance of payments
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£ -25,200 m 2019 Q2
- Release date:
- 30 September 2019
- Next release:
- 20 December 2019
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-4.3 2018
- Release date:
- 31 October 2019
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-2.1 2019 Q2
- Release date:
- 30 September 2019
- Next release:
- 20 December 2019
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-1.3 2019 Q2
- Release date:
- 30 September 2019
- Next release:
- 20 December 2019
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-1.2 2019 Q2
- Release date:
- 30 September 2019
- Next release:
- 20 December 2019
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£ -224,161 m 2018
- Release date:
- 31 October 2019
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Datasets related to Balance of payments
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UK Balance of Payments - The Pink Book time series
Annual time series data for the UK Balance of Payments.
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UK trade: goods and services publication tables (up until July 2018)
Monthly data on the UK's trade in goods and services, including trade inside and outside the EU. Up until July 2018.
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Balance of payments
Quarterly summary of balance of payments accounts including the current account, capital transfers, transactions and levels of UK external assets and liabilities.
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UK trade time series
Monthly value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
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Balance of payments time series
Quarterly summary of balance of payments accounts including the current account, capital transfers, transactions and levels of UK external assets and liabilities.
Publications related to Balance of payments
Statistical bulletins
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UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: 2019
Balances between inward and outward transactions, providing a net flow of transactions between UK residents and the rest of the world and reports on how that flow is funded.
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Balance of payments, UK: April to June 2019
A measure of cross-border transactions between the UK and rest of the world. Includes trade, income, capital transfers and foreign assets and liabilities.
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UK trade: October 2019
Total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services in current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators.
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UK Trade in Goods by Classification of Product by Activity CPA(08): Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015
The value of UK exports and imports of goods grouped by industry. Goods are attributed to the industry of which they are the principal products.
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International trade in services, UK: 2017
Product, industry and geographic annual breakdowns of imports and exports of services, excluding travel, transport and banking sectors.
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Foreign direct investment involving UK companies: 2018
Investment of UK companies abroad (outward) and foreign companies into the UK (inward), including investment flows, positions and earnings, by country, component and industry.
Articles
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Short-term economic indicators commentary
A summary of the short-term indicators published in early June 2018.
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National Accounts articles
National accounts improvements to mixed income estimates.
Methodology related to Balance of payments
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