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

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Balances with banks & building societies in : Sterling (ended 2018) () was down 3.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −2.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 25,878 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.3% (Q2 2013) to 22.0% (Q1 2017), averaging −6.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4Y.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-sterling

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 25,878 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 26,639 £m | −2.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 26,567 £m | −11.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 25,214 £m | −17.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 26,799 £m | −5.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 27,421 £m | −5.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 30,037 £m | 10.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 30,658 £m | 22.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 28,304 £m | 7.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 28,892 £m | 2.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 27,105 £m | −2.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 25,131 £m | −13.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 26,376 £m | −5.2 |
| Q3 2015 | 28,118 £m | −3.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 27,914 £m | 1.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 29,104 £m | 1.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 27,816 £m | −7.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 29,110 £m | −13.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 27,552 £m | −13.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 28,804 £m | −16.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 30,199 £m | −24.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 33,579 £m | −13.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 31,750 £m | −28.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 34,456 £m | −17.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4Y.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4Y.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```