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United Kingdom: M0 (monetary base)

Millions of local currency · 1750–2020 · 269 observations · M0

2020
183 billionlocal currency
Change on 2019
+92.0%year on year
Average growth, 2010–2020
+17.8%a year

M0 (monetary base)

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1M10M100M1B10B100B1T175018001850190019502000United KingdomUnited Kingdom
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2020183,197
201995,415
201896,379
201789,240
201680,396
201568,221
201466,585
201365,589
201260,888
201140,369

Sources

  • Mitchell1750–2010
  • Thomas, Hills & Dimsdale1833–2016
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Flandreau & Zumer1880–1913
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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