# United Kingdom Consumer credit: credit card lending, amounts outstanding, seasonally adjusted

United Kingdom Consumer credit: credit card lending, amounts outstanding, seasonally adjusted was 84,091 GBP millions in September 2026, up 0.2% from August 2026 and up 9.2% from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in January 1996.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 54,991 GBP millions (Mar 2021) to 84,091 GBP millions (Sep 2026), averaging 68,496 GBP millions.

- Source agency: Bank of England
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CONSCREDIT.M.SA.GRP-CREDITCARD`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: GBP millions
- Coverage: 1996-01-31 to 2026-09-30 (369 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/consumer-credit-credit-card-lending-amounts-outstanding-seasonally

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 84,091 GBP millions |
| August 2026 | 83,943 GBP millions |
| July 2026 | 82,424 GBP millions |
| June 2026 | 81,954 GBP millions |
| May 2026 | 79,566 GBP millions |
| April 2026 | 79,114 GBP millions |
| March 2026 | 78,744 GBP millions |
| February 2026 | 78,871 GBP millions |
| January 2026 | 78,448 GBP millions |
| December 2025 | 78,999 GBP millions |
| November 2025 | 78,790 GBP millions |
| October 2025 | 76,697 GBP millions |
| September 2025 | 77,009 GBP millions |
| August 2025 | 76,524 GBP millions |
| July 2025 | 75,616 GBP millions |
| June 2025 | 75,234 GBP millions |
| May 2025 | 74,196 GBP millions |
| April 2025 | 73,887 GBP millions |
| March 2025 | 72,440 GBP millions |
| February 2025 | 72,719 GBP millions |
| January 2025 | 72,171 GBP millions |
| December 2024 | 72,741 GBP millions |
| November 2024 | 72,671 GBP millions |
| October 2024 | 71,635 GBP millions |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CONSCREDIT.M.SA.GRP-CREDITCARD"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CONSCREDIT.M.SA.GRP-CREDITCARD",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```