THE MONEY MARKET

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 139, 8 March 1941, Page 6

THE MONEY MARKET

Bank Of England Return (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, March 6. The Bank of England return for the week ended March 5 is as follows:—

£208,000,000 ■ £208,000,000 Proportion of reserve to liabilities, 12.71 per cent., compared with 14.90 per cent, last week. The principal items of the above return compare as follows with those of last

i 1 Issue Department. £ £ Notes issued: In circulation 607,200,000 In banking dept. 23,000,000 Govt, debt 11,000,000 Other Govt. securities 615,900,000 Other cecuritiee 3,100,000 Silver coin *£630,000,000 Gold coin & bullion 200,000 £630,200,000 £630,200,000 •Amount of fiduciary issue. Banking Department. £ £ ) Capital . 14,500,000 Govt, se- ' Rest .... 3,500,000 curities 157,800,000 Deposits: Diseta., adPublic . 11,800,000 vances 6,000,000 Bankers 125,400,000 Other soother acs. 53,700,000 cu'rities 20,800,000 Notes and coin 24,300,000

week: — Feb. 26. Alar. 5. Deposits: £ £ Public . . 14,600,000 11,800,000 Banters . 121,700,000 125,400,000 . Other accounts . 53,000,000 53,700,000 £189,300,000 £190,900,000 Securities: Government . 156,300,000 157,800,000 Discts., advances 3,700,000 6,000,000 Other securities . 18,900,000 20,800,000 Reserve . 28,400,000 24,300,000 Note circulation . . 603,200,000 607,200,000 Gold coin & bullion 200,000 200,000