Highlights
BoP Current Account Balance SA £m
£ -17,720 m
2018 Q1
- Release date:
- 29 June 2018
- Next release:
- 28 September 2018
UK Balance of Payments, The Pink Book: 2018
What's in the bulletin?
- The UK current account deficit narrowed in 2017 to 3.9% of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) from a record 5.2% in 2016, the narrowest deficit since 2012.
- The narrowing in the current account deficit in 2017 was mostly caused by a narrowing in the primary income deficit from 2.5% to 1.6% of GDP which was driven by an improvement in net foreign direct investment (FDI) income.
- The trade deficit narrowed from 1.6% to 1.3% of GDP due to a widening in the services surplus which was driven by a widening in the financial services surplus and a narrowing in the travel services deficit.
Time series related to Balance of payments
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£ -17,720 m 2018 Q1
- Release date:
- 29 June 2018
- Next release:
- 28 September 2018
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-3.9 2017
- Release date:
- 31 July 2018
- Next release:
- 31 October 2019
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-0.7 2018 Q1
- Release date:
- 29 June 2018
- Next release:
- 28 September 2018
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-1.6 2018 Q1
- Release date:
- 29 June 2018
- Next release:
- 28 September 2018
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-1.1 2018 Q1
- Release date:
- 29 June 2018
- Next release:
- 28 September 2018
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£ -164,526 m 2017
- Release date:
- 31 July 2018
- Next release:
- 31 October 2019
Datasets related to Balance of payments
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UK Balance of Payments - The Pink Book time series dataset
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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Trade in goods MRETS (all BOP - EU2013): time series dataset
Total 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: 2018
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: January to March 2018
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: June 2018
Total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services by current price, 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: 2016
Product, industry and geographic breakdowns of imports and exports of services, excluding travel, transport and banking sectors.
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Foreign direct investment involving UK companies: 2016
Investment flows, positions (stocks) and earnings, inward (to the UK from abroad) and outward (by UK companies abroad) 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
An explanation of the differences between public sector net borrowing estimates published in the public sector finances and those in the national accounts.
Methodology related to Balance of payments
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