# United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL corporate bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL corporate bonds (ended 2018) () was up 16.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −48.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 12,019 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −60.0% (Q4 2016) to 154.7% (Q4 2014), averaging 6.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4F.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-real-corporate-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 12,019 £m | 16.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 5,570.0 £m | −48.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 13,723 £m | 9.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 13,286 £m | −31.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 10,292 £m | −9.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 10,849 £m | −5.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 12,576 £m | −12.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 19,269 £m | 104.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 11,352 £m | −60.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 11,440 £m | −7.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 14,301 £m | 9.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,408.0 £m | −40.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 28,355 £m | 17.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 12,413 £m | −30.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 13,097 £m | −25.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 15,795 £m | −13.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 24,220 £m | 154.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 17,829 £m | 76.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 17,521 £m | 60.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 18,177 £m | 92.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,509.0 £m | −33.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 10,094 £m | −20.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 10,918 £m | 11.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 9,454.0 £m | −30.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4F.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX4F.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```