# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ corporate bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ corporate bonds (ended 2018) () was up 14.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −26.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 12,245 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −57.3% (Q4 2016) to 99.7% (Q4 2014), averaging 2.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4E.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-acq-corporate-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 12,245 £m | 14.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 6,865.0 £m | −26.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 14,271 £m | 17.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 13,877 £m | −16.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 10,665 £m | −1.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 9,355.0 £m | −19.4 |
| Q2 2017 | 12,134 £m | −1.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 16,543 £m | 82.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 10,789 £m | −57.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 11,611 £m | 3.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 12,370 £m | 8.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,089.0 £m | −37.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 25,268 £m | 31.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 11,179 £m | −25.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 11,419 £m | −30.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 14,635 £m | −16.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 19,285 £m | 99.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 15,072 £m | 44.7 |
| Q2 2014 | 16,460 £m | 42.0 |
| Q1 2014 | 17,471 £m | 86.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,655.0 £m | −27.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 10,419 £m | −18.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 11,595 £m | −0.2 |
| Q1 2013 | 9,395.0 £m | −45.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4E.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4E.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```