Announcing Sterling Bond Portfolio Purchases
We provide transparency regarding Sterling Bond Portfolio purchases. Before we make transactions, we announce the intended, aggregate amount to be invested. We also announce how much we intend to purchase of gilts and supranational bonds. We regularly publish this information, usually quarterly.
Two weeks after we have completed the previously announced transactions, we provide information about the stock of assets and the most recent purchases. For gilts, we provide information about the stock, and purchases made in the most recent quarter, both broken down by maturity bucket. We publish the total amount accounted for by supranational bonds. And we also provide information about how much of the portfolio is made up by Cash Ratio Deposits.
These announcements will be made on the Bank’s wires pages.
The latest figures are provided below.
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Stock as at 30 September 2023 (£mn nominal)
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Net purchases* made between 1 July and 30 September 2023 (£mn proceeds)
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Gilts
|
14,069 |
0 |
Ultra-short
|
3,964 |
0 |
Short
|
4,087 |
0 |
Medium
|
4,120 |
0 |
Long
|
1,898 |
0 |
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|
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SSAs
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0
|
0
|
|
|
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Total (Gilts + SSAs)
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14,069 |
0 |
CRDs
|
13,018 |
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* Negative numbers indicate net sales
Residual maturities for each sector are: Ultra-short <3 years, Short 3-7 years, Medium 7-15 years, Long >15 years. This is in line with the DMO’s definition.