# United Kingdom 09.5 Newspapers; books and stationery IDEF SA 2023=100 ()

United Kingdom 09.5 Newspapers; books and stationery IDEF SA 2023=100 () was up 1.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 104.3 (index (2023=100)).
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.2% (Q1 2021) to 9.7% (Q2 2023), averaging 4.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5.MEASURE-IDEF`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: index (2023=100)
- Coverage: 1997-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (118 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-newspapers-books-and-stationery-idef-sa-2023-100

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 104.3 | 1.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 104.4 | 2.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 103.2 | 1.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 103.2 | 2.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 102.8 | 2.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 102.2 | 4.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 101.3 | 4.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 100.7 | 4.6 |
| Q2 2024 | 100.0 | 4.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 98.10 | 5.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 96.80 | 7.7 |
| Q3 2023 | 96.30 | 8.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 95.40 | 9.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 92.80 | 7.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 89.90 | 7.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 88.50 | 6.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 87.00 | 7.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 86.00 | 7.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 83.70 | 4.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 83.10 | 2.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 81.30 | 3.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 79.90 | −1.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 79.80 | 0.0 |
| Q3 2020 | 80.90 | 1.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5.MEASURE-IDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.SA.COICOP-09-5.MEASURE-IDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```