# How can we measure UK financial conditions? | Bank of England – the UK's central bank

> The Bank of England has built a new daily Monetary and Financial Conditions Index to track how asset prices and credit affect the UK economy. The index is weighted by each variable's marginal impact on UK GDP and includes sterling. The post explains how the index can be decomposed to show the drivers of changes in financial conditions.

- Date: 2019-07-19 · published 2019-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58367-how-can-we-measure-uk-financial-conditions-bank-of-england-the-uk-s-central-bank
- Commodities: [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md)

## Why it matters

This is a methodology note on a central bank analysis tool and does not signal a new move in prices or supply for feed commodities.

## Sources

- bankofengland.co.uk: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bank-overground/2019/how-can-we-measure-uk-financial-conditions

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