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On 21 March, the source wrote (citation):
As initially announced in September 2018, this is the final MQ5 statistical bulletin in its current form.
Over the next two years, changes to Office for National Statistics (ONS) surveys that cover the financial sector will be necessary as part of the Enhanced Financial Accounts (EFA) initiative whereby the ONS, in partnership with the Bank of England, plans to improve the quality, coverage and granularity of UK financial statistics. This will be achieved by using new data from commercial, regulatory and administrative sources and reducing the burden and compliance on businesses that return our surveys.
This work entails wide-ranging redesign (and in some instances replacement) of the existing surveys that currently provide the data presented in this publication, making continued production of the MQ5 in its current form unviable. Therefore, the MQ5 will now cease and the ONS apologises for any inconvenience this may cause to users of this publication. However, this work should ensure that improved statistics relating to the investment activities of the UK financial sector, can be produced within the next two to three years.
In a direct communication, the source further explained:
With regards to alternative data sources, unfortunately, we are unable to provide any data at this time. However, the EFA team are looking to produce some experimental statistics towards the end of 2019 with regards to the Flow of Funds, which you may find useful.
In response, we have:
- Marked the series as discontinued in their metadata.
- Marked the catalog node as discontinued.
- Prepared ourselves to check the potential replacement when it is released later this year.
Dataset properties:
- Measurements: Millions of British pounds (Mil. GBP)
- Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
- Geo coverage: U.K.
- Native frequencies and date ranges:
- Quarterly, 1962Q1 to 2018Q4
- Annual, 1962 to 2018
The series reside in the historical catalog (United Kingdom » Industry » Investment by insurance companies, pensions funds and trusts) and include, for example:
- ONSAHOQQ.IGBR = [DISCONTINUED] Investment by insurance companies; pension funds and trusts: General insurance - net investment - overseas corporate securities, (Mil. GBP, NSA)
- ONSHQSQ.IGBR = [DISCONTINUED] Short-term assets - UK local authority debt
- ONSHQXA.IGBR = [DISCONTINUED] UK Public sector securities, (Mil. GBP)
Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.
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