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

United Kingdom INS: COM: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2017) () was 1,484.0 £m in 2017, up 16.7% from 2014.
That is the highest reading since 2012.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JWE8.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (15 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-bal-overseas-corporate-securities-preference-shares-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 1,484.0 £m |
| 2014 | 1,272.0 £m |
| 2012 | 1,961.0 £m |
| 2011 | 1,152.0 £m |
| 2010 | 1,382.0 £m |
| 2009 | 923.0 £m |
| 2008 | 671.0 £m |
| 2007 | 1,443.0 £m |
| 2006 | 572.0 £m |
| 2005 | 275.0 £m |
| 2004 | 163.0 £m |
| 2003 | 198.0 £m |
| 2002 | 317.0 £m |
| 2001 | 473.0 £m |
| 2000 | 623.0 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JWE8.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JWE8.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```