Summary

This article compares the estimates of public sector net borrowing published in the monthly Public Sector Finances (PSF), on 21 September 2017, and the National Accounts (NA), published on 29 September 2017, and summarises the reasons for the differences identified.

Publications

• Alignment between public sector finances and national accounts: September 2017

  Explanation of the differences between public sector net borrowing estimates published in the public sector finances and those in the national accounts.

Data

• Differences between Blue Book and the public sector finances for central government, local government and non-financial public corporations net borrowing

  Breakdown of reasons for net borrowing differences between Blue Book 2017 and the Public Sector Finances as at September 2017 by sub-sector (central government, local government and non-financial public corporations).

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