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

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2018) () was up 185.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −41.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 183.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2014.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −93.3% (Q4 2017) to 264.3% (Q3 2014), averaging 19.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF94.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-foreign-currency-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 183.0 £m | 185.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 101.0 £m | −41.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 138.0 £m | −72.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 86.00 £m | −92.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 64.00 £m | −93.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 172.0 £m | −63.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 505.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,153.0 £m | 137.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 962.0 £m | 49.6 |
| Q3 2016 | 465.0 £m | 51.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 499.0 £m | −27.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 485.0 £m | −0.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 643.0 £m | −48.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 308.0 £m | −78.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 686.0 £m | −38.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 487.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,245.0 £m | 220.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,399.0 £m | 264.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,118.0 £m | 188.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 470.0 £m | −17.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 388.0 £m | 3.5 |
| Q3 2013 | 384.0 £m | −44.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 387.0 £m | 3.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 568.0 £m | 7.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF94.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF94.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```