# United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was up 57.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −1.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 37,109 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2008.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −50.6% (Q3 2014) to 57.8% (Q4 2018), averaging −2.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAVN.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-acq-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 37,109 £m | 57.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 23,837 £m | −1.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 30,515 £m | 39.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 28,161 £m | 14.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 23,518 £m | −7.5 |
| Q3 2017 | 24,234 £m | −23.4 |
| Q2 2017 | 21,872 £m | −29.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 24,711 £m | 0.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 25,427 £m | −26.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 31,627 £m | −17.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 31,123 £m | −1.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 24,492 £m | −34.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 34,397 £m | −8.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 38,082 £m | 7.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 31,700 £m | −13.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 37,124 £m | −22.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 37,703 £m | −15.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 35,313 £m | −50.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 36,519 £m | −44.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 47,631 £m | −42.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 44,757 £m | −12.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 71,472 £m | 19.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 65,659 £m | 26.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 82,640 £m | 26.0 |

## API

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

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