# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Other short term assets (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL Other short term assets (ended 2018) () was down 3.6% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 22.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,100.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −48.9% (Q4 2009) to 74.2% (Q2 2016), averaging −7.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX54.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-other-short-term-assets-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,100.0 £m | −3.6 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,949.0 £m | 22.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 5,084.0 £m | 23.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 4,798.0 £m | 10.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,254.0 £m | −10.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 4,030.0 £m | −24.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,112.0 £m | −27.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 4,336.0 £m | −11.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,725.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 5,336.0 £m | 13.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 5,673.0 £m | 74.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,879.0 £m | 14.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 4,204.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2015 | 4,714.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2015 | 3,256.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2015 | 4,274.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2014 | 6,152.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 6,230.0 £m | 3.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 7,835.0 £m | 24.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 6,363.0 £m | −10.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 6,005.0 £m | −2.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 5,997.0 £m | 4.4 |
| Q1 2013 | 6,315.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q4 2012 | 7,072.0 £m | −0.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX54.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX54.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```