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

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: government securities (GILTS): Sterling: Index linked (ended 2018) () was down 7.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 10.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 9,119.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −55.0% (Q2 2017) to 138.6% (Q4 2014), averaging 12.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAWV.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-index-linked-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 9,119.0 £m | −7.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 6,752.0 £m | 10.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 7,385.0 £m | 81.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 10,627 £m | 92.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 9,884.0 £m | 76.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 6,097.0 £m | −21.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 4,074.0 £m | −55.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,533.0 £m | −0.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 5,615.0 £m | −40.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 7,721.0 £m | −14.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 9,050.0 £m | −23.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 5,552.0 £m | −31.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 9,353.0 £m | −14.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 8,978.0 £m | 22.3 |
| Q2 2015 | 11,897 £m | 30.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 8,150.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 10,963 £m | 138.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 7,343.0 £m | 19.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 9,142.0 £m | 95.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 8,523.0 £m | 53.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 4,595.0 £m | −48.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 6,155.0 £m | −6.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 4,681.0 £m | −17.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 5,569.0 £m | −35.8 |

## API

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

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