United Kingdom International reserves and foreign currency liquidity Contact person Mhairi Brunett External Finance Statistics Group, Monetary and Financial Statistics Division, Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH, United Kingdom.
Gold is valued at the end period market fix for the reference period.
The exchange rate used to create the data are the rates prevailing at 4pm on the last day of the period being measured. Data on reserve related liabilities are also disseminated in Sections II, III and IV of the International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity Template. When the data are released for the last month in a calendar quarter an annex giving the currency composition of the UK's international reserves is also published with a two month lag. They are included on the UK version of the Template to allow users to build up a wider picture for the UK monetary authorities' foreign currency liquidity. Liquidity Template is published monthly within 3 working days of the end of month.