Total central bank assets (USD billion) - United Kingdom - BIS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Central bank total assets (Bank for International Settlements)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United Kingdom, the total assets held by the central bank were 1,055.87 billion US dollars in July 2025, versus 1,135.78 in the previous month. This constitutes a reduction of 7.04 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the plot has 864 data points in total. The time range covered by the series goes from August 1953 to July 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: assets had an average value of 209.01 billion US dollars; they attained a maximum of 1,509.29 in December 2021; they reached a trough of 5.19 in January 1954.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar billion |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 1103.3 |
| 2025-06-30 | 1135.78 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1055.87 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total central bank assets in USD, adjusted to be comparable across time and countries |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Assets (balance-sheet item) |
| Deflation method | Nominal |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar billion |
| Source | Bank for International Settlements |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Unrestricted use subject to certain conditions |
| Measure type | Level (adjusted for breaks) |
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