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

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) () was down 42.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 78.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 19.00 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −97.2% (Q3 2016) to 850.0% (Q3 2017), averaging 28.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9O.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-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 19.00 £m | −42.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 34.00 £m | 78.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 21.00 £m | 16.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 33.00 £m | 175.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 33.00 £m | 10.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 19.00 £m | 850.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 18.00 £m | −77.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 12.00 £m | 50.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 30.00 £m | −6.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 2.00 £m | −97.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 80.00 £m | 48.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 8.00 £m | −93.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 32.00 £m | 28.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 71.00 £m | 115.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 54.00 £m | −34.9 |
| Q1 2015 | 115.0 £m | 30.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 25.00 £m | −70.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 33.00 £m | −50.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 83.00 £m | −17.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 88.00 £m | −62.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 86.00 £m | 87.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 66.00 £m | 15.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 101.0 £m | −58.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 232.0 £m | 34.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9O.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9O.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```