Details of the UK public sector borrowing figures for August 2017
- Prior -0.760bn. revised to -1.292bn
- PSNB ex-banks 5.669bn vs 7.100bn exp. Prior -0.184bn. Revised to -0.716bn
- PSNCR 0.037bn vs -3.912bn prior. Revised to -3.678bn
- Central gov NCR 1.1bn vs -6.9bn prior. Revised to -7.15bn
Notes from the ONS.
- Borrowing in financial YTD 28.3B, 200M lower than year-ago
- August saw a small fall in Corporation tax
- Estimates indicate full financial year ending March 2017 public sector borrowed 45.6B (2.3% of GDP)
- Self-assessment receipts over last two-months at 9.4B (July & August) an all time high
- August 2017 borrowing 5.7B; 1.3B lower than in August 2016
Not a lot here for traders to get their teeth into. Good news on the self-assessment receipts, meaning sole traders and self employed are making money.
GBPUSD not doing an awful lot around 1.3500
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