BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN
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LONDON, January 2. The Bank of England return for the week ended January 2 is given in the following table, together with: the figures for last week:- - Last week. This week. £ £ (millions), (millions).
Issue Department— Notes issued—
In circulation ...... '616.9 615.S In banking dept. .... 13.3 14.4 Other Govt. securities . 615.4 615.3 Other securities 3.6 3.7 Silver coin ........«, — — Gold •-.*.:.:* — — Banking DepartmentRest .:.... M .» 8.8 8.3 Deposits— Public .-... .>-*. 12.5 17.6 Bankers' .......... 135.2 181.0 Other accounts 51.2 52.9 Discounts, ... 4.0. •. ' 5.6 Govt. securities 178.5 224.8 Other securities 20.5 23.6 Notes and coin 14.2 .15,3 Ratjo of reserve to liabilities, 6.07 per cent.; last .yveek, 7.14. The Bank of England dis-count-rate remains unchanged at 2 per cent, since October. 26. 1939, when it was reduced from/3 per cent.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 5
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