# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Commercial paper issued by companies (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Commercial paper issued by companies (ended 2017) () was down 58.5% year on year in Q4 2016, compared with −41.7% in Q3 2016.
The level stood at 153.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −78.7% (Q3 2010) to 181.7% (Q1 2012), averaging −10.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JFJ3.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2017-10-01 (69 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-bal-commercial-paper-issued-by-companies-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2017 | 153.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2016 | 363.0 £m | −58.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 360.0 £m | −41.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 308.0 £m | −44.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 371.0 £m | −18.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 874.0 £m | −8.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 618.0 £m | −51.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 555.0 £m | −62.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 456.0 £m | −67.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 956.0 £m | −13.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,266.0 £m | 23.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,465.0 £m | 58.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,408.0 £m | 62.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,109.0 £m | 10.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,029.0 £m | −12.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 924.0 £m | −42.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 867.0 £m | −37.6 |
| Q4 2012 | 1,005.0 £m | −14.2 |
| Q3 2012 | 1,176.0 £m | 18.5 |
| Q2 2012 | 1,606.0 £m | 137.6 |
| Q1 2012 | 1,389.0 £m | 181.7 |
| Q4 2011 | 1,172.0 £m | 27.3 |
| Q3 2011 | 992.0 £m | −4.7 |
| Q2 2011 | 676.0 £m | −63.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JFJ3.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JFJ3.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```