§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table bringing up to date the quarterly information concerning increases in the money supply and prices in the principal industrial countries circulated in the Official Report on 27 November 1978 in response to a question from Mr. Bryan Gould.
§ Mr. LawsonThe basic information required to revise and update the figures of money supply and prices supplied on 27 November 1978 to Mr. Bryan Gould can be obtained from the publications described below.
Money supply. For the United Kingdom—sterling M3—the latest estimates are given each month in table 7.1 in Financial Statistics. For the other countries, the latest estimates based on the IMF's M2 definition are given each month in the individual country pages in International Financial Statistics, (Money (row 34) plus quasi-money (row 35)).
Wholesale and retail prices. The latest estimates for all countries are given in International Financial Statistics (rows 63 and 64 respectively of the individual country pages).
The qualifications regarding the use of the data in making comparisons between countries given in the previous answer still apply.