Summary information

Study title

Monetary History of the United Kingdom, 1870-1970

Creator

Wood, G. E., City University, Centre for Banking and International Finance
Capie, F., City University, Centre for Banking and International Finance

Study number / PID

1936 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-1936-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between major monetary aggregates and related variables: money, prices, output, interest rates, exchange rates.


Main Topics:

Variables
Bank deposits, currency in the hands of the public, banks till money, short and long term interest rates, monetary base, M1, M3.

Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/01/1981 - 01/01/1983

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Time Series

Analysis unit

Monetary statistics
National
Economic indicators

Universe

Monetary statistics of the United Kingdom, 1870-1970

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1984

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Related publications

  • Capie, F. and Webber, A. (1983) 'Total coin in circulation in the U.K. 1868-1914', Journal of Money Credit and Banking
  • Capie, F. and Webber, A. (1985) Monetary history of the United Kingdom, 1870-1982, London: Allen and Unwin.
  • Rodrik - Bali, B. and Capie, F. (1982) Concentration in British banking, [Discussion paper]..
  • Capie, F. and Webber, A. (1984) '`Bank deposits and the quantity of money in the U.K. 1870-1914'