BANK OF ENGLAND
FURTHER RISE IN NOTE ISSUE iKt IVleirranh - I'ress A^cwißrlon —ropvritfht > (Kec. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 30. The Bank of England return for the week ended October 30 is given in the following table, with the return in millions of pounds:Last week. This week. £ £ (millions.) (millions.) Issue Department— Notes issued — In circulation 688.5 693.3 In banking dept 41.7 36.9 Govt. debt 11.0 11.0 Other Govt securities . 716.3 716.3 Other securities 2.2 2.2 Fiduciary issue 730.0 730.0 Silver coin 0.5 0.5 Gold coin and bullion 0.2 0.2 Banking Department— Capital 14.5 14.5 Rest 3.1 3.1 DepositsPublic 21.3 13.7 Bankers 116.8 117.0 Other accounts 56.1 57.7 Govt. securities 142.2 136.0 Discounts, advances ... 5.3 4.5 Other securities 21.2 27.3 Notes and coin 43.1 38.2 Proportion 22.13 20.28 Notes in circulation, October 9, 1941, £683,300,000 (October 10, 1940, £601,300,000); October 16, 1941, £686,000,000. The Bank of England discount rate remains at 2 per cent., to which it was reduced from 3 per cent, in October, 1939.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 106, 31 October 1941, Page 7
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