# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: government securities (GILTS): Sterling: Index linked (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: government securities (GILTS): Sterling: Index linked (ended 2018) () was up 21.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 1.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 7,763.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −61.3% (Q4 2013) to 110.8% (Q4 2014), averaging 5.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAWU.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1970-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (196 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-acq-government-securities-gilts-sterling-index-linked-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 7,763.0 £m | 21.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 5,215.0 £m | 1.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 7,572.0 £m | 70.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 7,689.0 £m | 50.6 |
| Q4 2017 | 6,399.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 5,118.0 £m | −21.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,445.0 £m | −23.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,106.0 £m | −12.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 5,794.0 £m | −18.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 6,544.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 5,834.0 £m | −16.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 5,806.0 £m | −28.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 7,094.0 £m | −13.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 7,161.0 £m | −6.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 7,002.0 £m | −23.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 8,105.0 £m | −3.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 8,193.0 £m | 110.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 7,635.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 9,103.0 £m | 63.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 8,423.0 £m | 55.8 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,886.0 £m | −61.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 7,172.0 £m | 43.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 5,558.0 £m | 13.9 |
| Q1 2013 | 5,408.0 £m | −15.5 |

## API

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

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