# United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: government securities (GILTS): Sterling (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: government securities (GILTS): Sterling (ended 2018) () was up 18.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −7.2% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 36,881 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −52.6% (Q3 2014) to 64.4% (Q2 2018), averaging −1.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAXB.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1970-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (196 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-real-government-securities-gilts-sterling-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 36,881 £m | 18.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 23,532 £m | −7.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 31,868 £m | 64.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 29,743 £m | 7.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 31,057 £m | 19.5 |
| Q3 2017 | 25,359 £m | −23.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 19,379 £m | −42.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 27,557 £m | 0.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 25,995 £m | −29.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 33,143 £m | −21.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 33,716 £m | −8.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 27,315 £m | −35.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 37,108 £m | −5.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 42,460 £m | 21.6 |
| Q2 2015 | 36,693 £m | −4.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 42,415 £m | −21.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 39,303 £m | −12.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 34,922 £m | −52.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 38,295 £m | −39.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 54,097 £m | −39.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 45,076 £m | −15.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 73,687 £m | 16.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 63,611 £m | 18.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 88,676 £m | 24.1 |

## API

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

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