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Reserves and liabilities
£ million
U.K. Sterling Liabilities
including loans to
H.M.G.(2)
Canadian Non-sterling Sterling Are
countries(3) countries
Gold
United States dollars
Canadian
dollars
Total gold and dollar holdings(1)
Unused credits
United States.
1946 June
December
1947 March
June
September
::
526.1
31.8
8.7
566.6
930-5
245.5
1,266
2,474
597.6
54-4
12.0
664.0
781.6
176.2
1,295
2,414
557.0
25.4
3.3
585.7
657.5
151.4
1,349
2,409
581.7
9.2
2.1
593.0
421.8
138.2
1,369
2,317
560.5
20.9
5-1
586.5
99.3
101.0
1,313
2,274
December
494.0
11.1
6.5
511.6
74.4
71.2
1,303
2,270
1948 January
469.1
11-0
2.7
482.8
49.6
67.5
1,277
2,276
February
523.3
20.5
4:7
548.5
24-8
63.8
1,270
2,318
March
518.9
27.2
5.6
551-7
60.0
1,218
2,377
April
506.4
14.1
13.0
533.5
58.3
1,195
2,396
May
498.4
9.
.6
6.5
514.5
58.3
1,181
2,414
June
438.2
30.3
4.2
472.7
58.3
1,167
2,388
July
440.9
18.6
4.0
463.5
58.3
1,146
2,364
August
430.6
19.8
5:7
456.1
58.3
1,129
2,322
September
421.8
11.3
4.3
437.4
58.3
1,097
2,329
October
417.5
11.3
3.6
432.4
58.3
1,074
2,329
November
400.4
14.9
3.3
418.6
58.3
1,058
2,323
December
1949 January
February March
396.4
56.5
4.3
457.2
58.3
1,057
2,301
395.7
61.7
7.3
464.7
55.8
1,029
2,273
401.5
66.8
5-5
473.8
53.3
1,023
2,287
410.6
54.8
5-7
471.1
50.8
1,036
2,276
April
:
417.4
36.7
6.2
460.3
48.3
:
(1) Gold and dollar spot: holdings of Exchange Equalisation Account only. After payment of subscriptions to International Bank azi
Monetary Fund.
(2) Excluding holdings of International Bank and Monetary Fund.
(3) Including Egypt and Palestine.
Table 12
All stocks
Food(2)-
Index of volume of stocks of food and animal feeding-stuffs, raw materials and
petroleum products in the United Kingdom(1)
End of December 1947 = 100
1948
1949
1946 1947 Decem- Decem-
ber
ber
Forecast
March
June Septem- Decem- Jan-
Feb- March
ber
ber
uary
ruary
April May Ju
101
100
95
94
96
97
96
95
93
333
8383
93
95
Total
Cereals, oilcake, etc.
Other food
Beverages
132
គ នរោត
100
73
100
96
100
100
121
8 882
107
5889
91
89
115
89
100
8858
98
98
96
93
92
96
39
145
138
+42
146-
190-
129
129
86
83
80
76
73
ཧྨཊཿ
129
74
108
120
126
128
131
134
229
127
79
136
928
79
Raw materials(3)—
Total
100
100
Steel-making materials
131
100
Non-ferrous metals
106
100
Timber
47
100
Textiles
114
100
Pyrites, sulphur, etc.
93
100
108
Fertilisers
131
100
Paper and paper-
making materials ...
103
100
Miscellaneous
88
100
Petroleum
products
169
100
* **** 56 %
95
95
95
93
99
117
121
95
94
106
105
86
96
97
96
87
108
107
103
67
81
ོ རྦe2=
91
90
120
114
112
102
97
95
90
79
80
80
104
101
100
110
107
91
109
121
133
134
132
129
94
99
96
91
91
5 28 28
88
96
111 99
115
102
87
83
81
107
107
50
127
128
90
90
2 428 18
89
91
116
79
83
60
125
90
8 95
92
114
133
144
139
150
161
167
166
162
(1) Stocks of each commodity have been revalued at the appropriate
f.o.b. price prevailing in the last quarter of 1948.
(2) Excludingos bon jam. 366
(3) Excluding stocks of pig-iron and steel.
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