# United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2017) () was 277,739 £m in 2017, up 31.6% from 2014.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1981.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 136,386 £m (2008) to 277,739 £m (2017), averaging 179,615 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RCKM.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1981-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (34 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-bal-overseas-corporate-securities-ordinary-shares-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 277,739 £m |
| 2014 | 211,105 £m |
| 2012 | 176,483 £m |
| 2011 | 147,624 £m |
| 2010 | 166,957 £m |
| 2009 | 155,476 £m |
| 2008 | 136,386 £m |
| 2007 | 165,150 £m |
| 2006 | 139,159 £m |
| 2005 | 120,986 £m |
| 2004 | 91,412 £m |
| 2003 | 79,139 £m |
| 2002 | 82,137 £m |
| 2001 | 106,197 £m |
| 2000 | 100,713 £m |
| 1999 | 115,656 £m |
| 1998 | 77,342 £m |
| 1997 | 72,271 £m |
| 1996 | 62,007 £m |
| 1995 | 59,855 £m |
| 1994 | 47,285 £m |
| 1993 | 48,513 £m |
| 1992 | 31,790 £m |
| 1991 | 28,361 £m |

## API

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

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