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21/09/2010
UK Borrowing Hits Record For August
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK public sector borrowing has hit a record of £15.9bn for the month of August.
The growing number comes after higher inflation led to a rise in interest payments on index-linked government bonds.
However, receipts from taxes were still on the rise according to the ONS.
The figure means borrowing in the first five months of the financial year has reached £58.1bn.
This indicates a rise in the retail price index, which is used to set payments on index-linked bonds, meaning that interest payments almost trebled to £3.8bn last month, compared with £1.3bn in for August a year ago.
The prediction for 2010-11 is down from last year's total of £155bn, standing at £149bn.
The impact of financial interventions by the government, reducing overall borrowing due to profit contributions from the part-nationalised banks are excluded in the ONS figures.
(BMcN/BMcC)
The growing number comes after higher inflation led to a rise in interest payments on index-linked government bonds.
However, receipts from taxes were still on the rise according to the ONS.
The figure means borrowing in the first five months of the financial year has reached £58.1bn.
This indicates a rise in the retail price index, which is used to set payments on index-linked bonds, meaning that interest payments almost trebled to £3.8bn last month, compared with £1.3bn in for August a year ago.
The prediction for 2010-11 is down from last year's total of £155bn, standing at £149bn.
The impact of financial interventions by the government, reducing overall borrowing due to profit contributions from the part-nationalised banks are excluded in the ONS figures.
(BMcN/BMcC)
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