# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Borrowing from banks and building societies in (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Borrowing from banks and building societies in (ended 2018) () was down 35.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −12.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,248.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2012.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −44.8% (Q1 2009) to 218.6% (Q2 2016), averaging 6.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX56.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (75 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-bal-borrowing-from-banks-and-building-societies-in-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,248.0 £m | −35.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,033.0 £m | −12.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,905.0 £m | 10.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 2,012.0 £m | 3.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,923.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 2,324.0 £m | 206.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,730.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,950.0 £m | 194.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,749.0 £m | 49.6 |
| Q3 2016 | 759.0 £m | 48.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,663.0 £m | 218.6 |
| Q1 2016 | 663.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2015 | 1,169.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2015 | 512.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2015 | 522.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2014 | 1,195.0 £m | −33.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,751.0 £m | −8.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,298.0 £m | −33.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 2,150.0 £m | 28.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,805.0 £m | 1.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,908.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,956.0 £m | −24.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,668.0 £m | −30.5 |
| Q4 2012 | 1,780.0 £m | −31.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX56.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX56.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```