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

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: corporate sterling bonds (ended 2018) () was up 14.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −26.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 12,046 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −58.1% (Q4 2016) to 101.8% (Q4 2014), averaging 3.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF8Y.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-sterling-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 12,046 £m | 14.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 6,754.0 £m | −26.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 14,097 £m | 21.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 13,482 £m | −16.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 10,557 £m | 2.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 9,182.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q2 2017 | 11,622 £m | −0.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 16,192 £m | 83.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 10,339 £m | −58.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 11,118 £m | 3.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 11,677 £m | 6.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 8,841.0 £m | −38.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 24,691 £m | 34.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 10,729 £m | −25.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 11,001 £m | −27.9 |
| Q1 2015 | 14,363 £m | −14.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 18,425 £m | 101.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 14,451 £m | 48.8 |
| Q2 2014 | 15,256 £m | 36.1 |
| Q1 2014 | 16,700 £m | 90.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,131.0 £m | −29.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 9,714.0 £m | −21.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 11,211 £m | 1.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 8,766.0 £m | −47.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF8Y.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF8Y.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```