20 September 2001, 12:38  UK Aug prov M4 up adj 1.1 pct from July; up 7.2 yr-on-yr

LONDON (AFX) - UK provisional M4 money supply was up 1.1 pct in August on a seasonally-adjusted basis from July and was 7.2 pct higher than in the same month a year earlier, the Bank of England said. The AFX News consensus of analysts' forecasts was for M4 to have risen 0.7 pct month-on-month and 6.6 pct year-on-year. August provisional M4 lending rose 10.9 bln stg on a seasonally-adjusted basis, which was equivalent to an 1.0 pct increase month on month and a 8.6 pct annual rise. August M4 lending was forecast to have risen 6.0 bln stg. The bank said total repos included in M4 rose by 7.8 bln stg.

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