# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2017) () was 1,974.0 £m in 2017, down 9.4% from 2016.
That is the lowest reading since 2015.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JWD6.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (18 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-bal-corporate-foreign-currency-bonds-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 1,974.0 £m |
| 2016 | 2,178.0 £m |
| 2015 | 1,606.0 £m |
| 2014 | 2,197.0 £m |
| 2013 | 2,313.0 £m |
| 2012 | 4,808.0 £m |
| 2011 | 3,106.0 £m |
| 2010 | 3,453.0 £m |
| 2009 | 6,610.0 £m |
| 2008 | 6,315.0 £m |
| 2007 | 6,329.0 £m |
| 2006 | 8,906.0 £m |
| 2005 | 7,806.0 £m |
| 2004 | 6,793.0 £m |
| 2003 | 5,459.0 £m |
| 2002 | 4,183.0 £m |
| 2001 | 506.0 £m |
| 2000 | 951.0 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JWD6.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JWD6.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```