"Figure 10: Fall in UK net borrowing was driven by lower general government net borrowing, with increased net lending of corporations partially offset by decreased household net lending","" "Net Lending (+) or borrowing (-) position by institutional sector as a percentage of GDP, seasonally adjusted, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2016 to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1(Jan to Mar) Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June) Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). 2. NPISH refers to Non-profit institutions serving households." "Unit","Percentage of GDP (%)" "","" "","Households","Financial corporations","Non-financial corporations","NPISH","General Government","UK total" "2016 Q1","2.4","-1.2","-2.9","0.0","-4.0","-5.7" "2016 Q2","1.6","-1.6","-2.3","-0.1","-2.9","-5.3" "2016 Q3","0.5","-0.5","-2.6","0.0","-3.8","-6.4" "2016 Q4","-1.4","-0.8","0.4","-0.2","-2.3","-4.3" "2017 Q1","-1.2","0.6","-0.2","-0.2","-2.3","-3.3" "2017 Q2","-0.1","-0.6","-1.1","-0.1","-2.7","-4.7" "2017 Q3","-0.1","0.8","-1.2","-0.2","-2.9","-3.7" "2017 Q4","-0.9","-0.1","0.0","-0.3","-1.8","-3.2" "2018 Q1","-0.2","1.3","-1.3","-0.4","-3.5","-4.0" "2018 Q2","-0.2","0.2","-2.3","-0.5","-1.1","-3.8" "2018 Q3","-0.4","0.4","-1.3","-0.5","-2.0","-3.8" "2018 Q4","-0.2","-0.4","-0.7","-0.8","-2.2","-4.4" "2019 Q1","-0.4","-1.7","-0.9","-0.7","-2.2","-5.9" "2019 Q2","0.0","-0.1","-0.5","-0.7","-1.5","-2.9" "2019 Q3","-0.4","-0.2","1.0","-0.6","-2.5","-2.6" "2019 Q4","0.3","3.2","0.4","-0.6","-2.9","0.3" "2020 Q1","1.2","0.9","0.1","-0.7","-4.3","-2.7" "2020 Q2","15.1","4.2","2.7","-0.6","-24.3","-1.3" "2020 Q3","5.1","2.2","3.8","-0.4","-13.7","-1.9" "2020 Q4","5.3","-0.1","0.3","-0.5","-10.7","-4.7" "2021 Q1","9.2","0.2","1.1","-0.1","-13.1","-1.7" "2021 Q2","4.7","1.1","1.1","-0.6","-8.9","-1.5"