# United Kingdom Public sector: Current budget deficit ex PS banks as % GDP (monthly & quarterly): CPNSA ()

United Kingdom Public sector: Current budget deficit ex PS banks as % GDP (monthly & quarterly): CPNSA () was 0.5% in September 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from August 2026 and unchanged from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.4% (Jan 2026) to 1.9% (Apr 2020), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVDEFICIT.M.NSA.ITEM-JNV3`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2026-09-01 (354 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/public-sector-current-budget-deficit-ex-ps-banks-as-pct-gdp-monthly-and

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 0.5% |
| August 2026 | 0.4% |
| July 2026 | −0.1% |
| June 2026 | 0.3% |
| May 2026 | 0.5% |
| April 2026 | 0.5% |
| March 2026 | −0.2% |
| February 2026 | 0.2% |
| January 2026 | −1.4% |
| December 2025 | 0.2% |
| November 2025 | 0.1% |
| October 2025 | 0.4% |
| September 2025 | 0.5% |
| August 2025 | 0.4% |
| July 2025 | −0.1% |
| June 2025 | 0.7% |
| May 2025 | 0.5% |
| April 2025 | 0.5% |
| March 2025 | −0.1% |
| February 2025 | 0.2% |
| January 2025 | −0.8% |
| December 2024 | 0.4% |
| November 2024 | 0.3% |
| October 2024 | 0.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVDEFICIT.M.NSA.ITEM-JNV3"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVDEFICIT.M.NSA.ITEM-JNV3",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```