# United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: corporate securities: Preference shares (ended 2018) () was down 25.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 0.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 3.00 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −98.6% (Q3 2010) to 512.5% (Q3 2009), averaging 37.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9A.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-securities-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 3.00 £m | −25.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 1.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 1.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 5.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 4.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 1.00 £m | −80.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 1.00 £m | −88.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 5.00 £m | 66.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 4.00 £m | −20.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 5.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 9.00 £m | 350.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 3.00 £m | −75.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 5.00 £m | −70.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 5.00 £m | −44.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 2.00 £m | −83.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 12.00 £m | 100.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 17.00 £m | 6.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 9.00 £m | −70.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 12.00 £m | −68.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 6.00 £m | −92.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 16.00 £m | −75.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 30.00 £m | −55.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 38.00 £m | −11.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 80.00 £m | −12.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9A.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9A.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```