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

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Balances with banks & building societies in : Foreign currency (ended 2018) () was up 6.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −9.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,482.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −58.6% (Q3 2010) to 39.4% (Q2 2015), averaging −0.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX52.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-foreign

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,482.0 £m | 6.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 3,634.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 3,736.0 £m | −20.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,757.0 £m | −15.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,201.0 £m | 17.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 3,992.0 £m | −33.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,690.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 4,463.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,580.0 £m | −16.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 5,969.0 £m | 29.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 4,515.0 £m | −2.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 5,030.0 £m | 12.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 4,269.0 £m | 12.3 |
| Q3 2015 | 4,619.0 £m | 38.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 4,626.0 £m | 39.4 |
| Q1 2015 | 4,463.0 £m | 25.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 3,801.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,326.0 £m | −14.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 3,319.0 £m | −14.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 3,558.0 £m | 11.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,556.0 £m | 33.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 3,885.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 3,894.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 3,196.0 £m | −4.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX52.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX52.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```