United Kingdom - Net acquisition of financial assets

Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)

The value for Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) in United Kingdom was 23,084,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 70,283,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of -18,347,000,000 in 2013.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 -10,784,000,000
1991 -10,217,000,000
1992 -15,995,000,000
1993 -7,591,000,000
1994 -16,248,000,000
1995 1,271,000,000
1996 -6,132,000,000
1997 -866,000,000
1998 -3,064,000,000
1999 10,812,000,000
2000 33,731,000,000
2001 -13,989,000,000
2002 -2,479,000,000
2003 1,189,000,000
2004 8,376,000,000
2005 12,458,000,000
2006 10,273,000,000
2007 8,575,000,000
2008 70,283,000,000
2009 56,568,000,000
2010 9,027,000,000
2011 17,289,000,000
2012 17,373,000,000
2013 -18,347,000,000
2014 10,207,000,000
2015 -13,696,000,000
2016 21,889,000,000
2017 23,891,000,000
2018 17,101,000,000
2019 23,084,000,000

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) in United Kingdom was 1.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 4.40 in 2008, while its lowest value was -2.38 in 1992.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 -1.75
1991 -1.58
1992 -2.38
1993 -1.07
1994 -2.18
1995 0.15
1996 -0.67
1997 -0.09
1998 -0.31
1999 1.04
2000 3.07
2001 -1.22
2002 -0.21
2003 0.09
2004 0.63
2005 0.89
2006 0.70
2007 0.55
2008 4.40
2009 3.63
2010 0.56
2011 1.04
2012 1.01
2013 -1.02
2014 0.54
2015 -0.71
2016 1.09
2017 1.14
2018 0.79
2019 1.02

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance