# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) () was up 14.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 21.1% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 12,326 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −47.9% (Q4 2016) to 41.3% (Q1 2018), averaging 0.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9L.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-overseas-corporate-securities-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 12,326 £m | 14.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 9,967.0 £m | 21.1 |
| Q2 2018 | 10,733 £m | −6.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 15,295 £m | 41.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 10,739 £m | 16.8 |
| Q3 2017 | 8,232.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 11,415 £m | 11.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 10,823 £m | 13.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 9,197.0 £m | −47.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 9,194.0 £m | −20.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 10,279 £m | −21.6 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,508.0 £m | −38.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 17,645 £m | 37.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 11,560 £m | 24.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 13,106 £m | 37.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 15,428 £m | 25.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 12,803 £m | 36.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 9,321.0 £m | −15.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 9,511.0 £m | −17.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 12,347 £m | 33.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,414.0 £m | −35.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 10,961 £m | −21.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 11,574 £m | 1.2 |
| Q1 2013 | 9,272.0 £m | −44.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9L.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9L.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```