# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: gov securities (GILTS): Sterling: Other than index linked (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: gov securities (GILTS): Sterling: Other than index linked (ended 2018) () was up 71.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −2.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 28,660 £m.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2000.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −57.2% (Q3 2014) to 71.0% (Q4 2018), averaging −2.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF8J.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-gov-securities-gilts-sterling-other-than-index-linked-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 28,660 £m | 71.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 18,453 £m | −2.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 22,290 £m | 28.9 |
| Q1 2018 | 19,974 £m | 2.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 16,756 £m | −14.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 18,962 £m | −22.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 17,294 £m | −29.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 19,403 £m | 4.2 |
| Q4 2016 | 19,477 £m | −26.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 24,609 £m | −19.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 24,555 £m | 2.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 18,616 £m | −35.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 26,481 £m | −7.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 30,607 £m | 12.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 24,083 £m | −10.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 28,700 £m | −24.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 28,596 £m | −28.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 27,301 £m | −57.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 26,940 £m | −54.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 38,131 £m | −50.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 40,062 £m | −2.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 63,815 £m | 17.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 59,397 £m | 26.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 76,961 £m | 30.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF8J.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF8J.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```