# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Overseas government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: Overseas government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2018) () was up 14.6% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 90.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 8,342.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −63.1% (Q3 2015) to 319.9% (Q1 2014), averaging 18.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAXD.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (224 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-acq-overseas-government-provincial-and-municipal-securities

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 8,342.0 £m | 14.6 |
| Q3 2018 | 7,962.0 £m | 90.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 10,320 £m | 81.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 10,410 £m | 50.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 7,277.0 £m | −18.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 4,183.0 £m | −61.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 5,680.0 £m | −40.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 6,905.0 £m | −29.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 8,919.0 £m | −11.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 10,792 £m | 47.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 9,522.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,726.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 10,123 £m | −43.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 7,305.0 £m | −63.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 8,896.0 £m | −57.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 11,616 £m | −60.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 17,892 £m | 126.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 19,808 £m | 158.7 |
| Q2 2014 | 20,766 £m | 164.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 29,581 £m | 319.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 7,902.0 £m | −38.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 7,657.0 £m | −26.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 7,851.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 7,045.0 £m | −27.4 |

## API

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

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