# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) () was down 2.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −3.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 30,360 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.6% (Q2 2013) to 16.4% (Q1 2017), averaging −6.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4W.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-bal-balances-with-banks-and-building-societies-in-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 30,360 £m | −2.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 30,273 £m | −3.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 30,303 £m | −12.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 28,971 £m | −17.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 31,000 £m | −2.8 |
| Q3 2017 | 31,413 £m | −9.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 34,727 £m | 9.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 35,121 £m | 16.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 31,884 £m | 4.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 34,861 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 31,620 £m | −2.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 30,161 £m | −10.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 30,645 £m | −3.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 32,737 £m | 0.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 32,540 £m | 5.4 |
| Q1 2015 | 33,567 £m | 3.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 31,617 £m | −6.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 32,436 £m | −13.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 30,871 £m | −13.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 32,362 £m | −14.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 33,755 £m | −20.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 37,464 £m | −12.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 35,644 £m | −25.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 37,652 £m | −16.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4W.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4W.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```