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

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities (ended 2018) () was up 39.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 53.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 29,133 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −45.3% (Q1 2016) to 53.9% (Q3 2018), averaging −1.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9I.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-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 29,133 £m | 39.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 29,043 £m | 53.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 23,604 £m | 4.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 32,204 £m | 40.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 20,927 £m | 6.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 18,875 £m | 14.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 22,643 £m | −6.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 22,851 £m | 11.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 19,667 £m | −42.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 16,443 £m | −43.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 24,194 £m | −20.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 20,447 £m | −45.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 34,394 £m | 20.9 |
| Q3 2015 | 29,141 £m | 36.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 30,279 £m | 6.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 37,366 £m | 23.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 28,451 £m | 14.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 21,408 £m | −28.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 28,403 £m | −18.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 30,265 £m | −3.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 24,862 £m | −15.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 29,944 £m | 6.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 34,940 £m | 18.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 31,422 £m | −9.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9I.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9I.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```