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

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2018) () was up 84.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −35.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 199.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2014.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −76.0% (Q4 2017) to 213.5% (Q2 2014), averaging −1.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF93.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-foreign-currency-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 199.0 £m | 84.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 111.0 £m | −35.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 174.0 £m | −66.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 395.0 £m | 12.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 108.0 £m | −76.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 173.0 £m | −64.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 512.0 £m | −26.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 351.0 £m | 41.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 450.0 £m | −22.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 493.0 £m | 9.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 693.0 £m | 65.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 248.0 £m | −8.8 |
| Q4 2015 | 577.0 £m | −32.9 |
| Q3 2015 | 450.0 £m | −27.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 418.0 £m | −65.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 272.0 £m | −64.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 860.0 £m | 64.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 621.0 £m | −11.9 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,204.0 £m | 213.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 771.0 £m | 22.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 524.0 £m | 75.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 705.0 £m | 62.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 384.0 £m | −30.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 629.0 £m | 20.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF93.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF93.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```