December 2015 UK PSNB £6.871bn vs £10.350bn exp

December 2015 UK public sector finances data report 22 January 2016

  • Prior 13.557bn. Revised to 12.945bn
  • Ex-banks 7.474bn vs 10.500bn exp. Prior 14.160bn. Revised to 13.548bn
  • PSNCR 8.131bn vs 5.381bn prior. Revised to 7.107bn
  • Central government NCR 20.5bn vs 7.7bn prior

Massively better borrowing numbers for the month. I've not grabbed the details but I'd take them with a truck load of salt

These numbers are probably trumping the negative retail sales right now, which is why the pound is higher

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