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| 17. Management
of liquid resources |
2004
|
|
2003
|
|
2002
|
|
| |
£m |
£m |
£m |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purchase of short-term investments and payments into
short-term deposits over 3 months |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (5,306 |
) |
(3,990 |
) |
(7,601 |
) |
| Sale of short-term investments and withdrawals from short-term
deposits over 3 months |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4,467 |
|
4,082 |
|
4,695 |
|
| Net movement of short-term investments and short-term
deposits under 3 months not repayable on demand |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1,962 |
|
(1,821 |
) |
1,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Net cash inflow (outflow) from management of liquid resources |
1,123 |
|
(1,729 |
) |
(1,864 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Movements in all short-term investments and deposits not repayable on demand
are reported under the heading of management of liquid resources.
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