MACMILLAN Financial Statistics No 517 May 2005

Product Description Financial Statistics is a monetary compendium of the UK's key financial and monetary statistics. Published monthly, it contains data on public sector finance, including central government revenue and expenditure, money supply and credit, banks and building societies, interest and exchange rates, financial accounts, capital issues, balance sheets and balance of payments. A subscription to Financial Statistics includes Financial Statistics Explanatory Handbook (annual), which provides the definitive background on all aspects of the data published in Financial Statistics. About the Author The OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the largest producer of official statistics to government. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position.