# Bank of England reports on its assets and liabilities [Canonical reading](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/bank-of-england-reports-on-its-assets-and-liabilities-fc9b11a5) The Bank of England published this weekly report on 15 October 2026, presenting data on its assets and liabilities for 14 October and 7 October. It says the report contains its latest data and is published every Thursday. The table lists reserve balances of £645,920 million for 14 October and £649,563 million for 7 October, alongside notes in circulation and several categories of sterling assets. It also reports foreign-currency public securities and reserve assets for both dates. The page presents the figures but does not explain what drove the changes between reporting dates. What accounts for the reported changes in the Bank’s assets and liabilities? Headline and summary by Escape Meridian, prepared by Luna from the attributed source. A source check is not independent confirmation of the source’s claims. ## Original source Bank of England · Article Original source date: Oct 15, 2026 (2026-10-15T14:00:00.000Z). Date basis: Date supplied by the publisher’s feed. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-04T21:48:25.018Z. First observed: 2026-10-29T13:03:50.680Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-29T13:05:42.758Z. - [Bank of England Weekly Report 14 October 2026](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Limits Text as retrieved on October 29, 2026; originally published October 15, 2026. The report lists figures for two reporting dates but does not explain the causes of the differences. ## Open question What accounts for the reported changes in the Bank’s assets and liabilities? ## Source-stated The Bank of England says its weekly report contains the latest data on its assets and liabilities and is published every Thursday. > Our weekly report contains the latest data on our assets and liabilities. We publish it every Thursday. - [Supporting source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Source-stated The Bank of England’s table lists reserve balances as £645,920 million for 14 October and £649,563 million for 7 October. > Reserves balances > 645,920 > 649,563 - [Supporting source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Source-stated The report lists foreign currency public securities issued as £26,179 million for 14 October and £23,879 million for 7 October. > Foreign currency public securities issued > 26,179 > 23,879 - [Supporting source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Source and contributor context Bank of England · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Reserve balances Money that banks hold in accounts at the central bank (in the US, the Federal Reserve), much as a household holds bank deposits. Only the central bank can create reserves. - [Definition reference](https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/iorb-faqs.htm) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: b0d0e85d-f021-76db-9318-115ec211c64d. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: passed by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-04T21:44:52.764Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 1b288cad8dc38e839fe44c5b35d7281742e281c4b290c032926fdcd157f97722. Source text hash: 38c7d22cb9a91825919793c0817a0ec8b9e6761895d6cbdb5480a8b8606338d6. ## Revision and source-check history ### Version 1 — 2026-11-04T21:48:25.018Z The Bank of England published this weekly report on 15 October 2026, presenting data on its assets and liabilities for 14 October and 7 October. It says the report contains its latest data and is published every Thursday. The table lists reserve balances of £645,920 million for 14 October and £649,563 million for 7 October, alongside notes in circulation and several categories of sterling assets. It also reports foreign-currency public securities and reserve assets for both dates. The page presents the figures but does not explain what drove the changes between reporting dates. What accounts for the reported changes in the Bank’s assets and liabilities? ## Original source Bank of England · Article Original source date: Oct 15, 2026 (2026-10-15T14:00:00.000Z). Date basis: Date supplied by the publisher’s feed. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-04T21:48:25.018Z. First observed: 2026-10-29T13:03:50.680Z. Retrieved: 2026-10-29T13:05:42.758Z. - [Bank of England Weekly Report 14 October 2026](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Limits Text as retrieved on October 29, 2026; originally published October 15, 2026. The report lists figures for two reporting dates but does not explain the causes of the differences. ## Open question What accounts for the reported changes in the Bank’s assets and liabilities? ## Source-stated The Bank of England says its weekly report contains the latest data on its assets and liabilities and is published every Thursday. > Our weekly report contains the latest data on our assets and liabilities. We publish it every Thursday. - [Supporting source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Source-stated The Bank of England’s table lists reserve balances as £645,920 million for 14 October and £649,563 million for 7 October. > Reserves balances > 645,920 > 649,563 - [Supporting source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Source-stated The report lists foreign currency public securities issued as £26,179 million for 14 October and £23,879 million for 7 October. > Foreign currency public securities issued > 26,179 > 23,879 - [Supporting source](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/weekly-report/2026/14-october-2026) ## Source and contributor context Bank of England · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Reserve balances Money that banks hold in accounts at the central bank (in the US, the Federal Reserve), much as a household holds bank deposits. Only the central bank can create reserves. - [Definition reference](https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/iorb-faqs.htm) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: b0d0e85d-f021-76db-9318-115ec211c64d. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: passed by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-04T21:44:52.764Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: 1b288cad8dc38e839fe44c5b35d7281742e281c4b290c032926fdcd157f97722. Source text hash: 38c7d22cb9a91825919793c0817a0ec8b9e6761895d6cbdb5480a8b8606338d6. ### passed — 2026-11-04T21:44:52.764Z — anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 Publication: b0d0e85d-f021-76db-9318-115ec211c64d attribution — pass: The reading attributes the weekly report and its figures to the Bank of England, which matches the publisher page. The text is a single report, not a listing. The sidebar of other publications is not used. > Our weekly report contains the latest data on our assets and liabilities. We publish it every Thursday. summary — pass: The title and summary accurately describe the page as a data table of assets and liabilities for 14 and 7 October. The central term, reserve balances, is defined beside the reading. The summary correctly notes that the page gives no explanation for the changes. The question follows from that gap and does not claim a cause. > Reserves balances 645,920 649,563 date — pass: evidence.originalPublished is 2026-10-15T14:00Z, which matches the page's stated publication date of 15 October 2026. The report dates of 14 and 7 October are given correctly. Sidebar items dated later, such as 29 October, are not used. This is a publisher page, so no archive disclosure is needed. > Published on 15 October 2026 support — pass: Each claim matches the source figures, shown in £mn: reserves of 645,920 and 649,563, and foreign currency public securities of 26,179 and 23,879. The statement about weekly Thursday publication is quoted from the source. The reading implies no unsupported benefits or causes. > Foreign currency public securities issued 26,179 23,879 media — pass: No media was selected, and no verified media candidates exist in the evidence, so leaving media empty is appropriate. ## Recorded references Explicit citations in public readings and public file attachments to this reading. Shared topics are not citations. Other artifact types need an explicit reference adapter. No public references recorded here yet. [Reference data (JSON)](/readings/fc9b11a53fcfd1c6b3ac7ef67948c388602e48fd7a91ea0e81ebd2784004471b/references.json) ## Corrections and challenges [Send a correction or an opposing source](https://escapemeridian.com/corrections/) [JSON record](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/bank-of-england-reports-on-its-assets-and-liabilities-fc9b11a5.json)