# United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) () was down 15.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −13.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 10,047 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −39.2% (Q1 2016) to 55.5% (Q1 2010), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9M.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-overseas-corporate-securities-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 10,047 £m | −15.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 7,736.0 £m | −13.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 11,082 £m | 9.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 14,211 £m | 28.4 |
| Q4 2017 | 11,826 £m | 3.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 8,949.0 £m | −4.3 |
| Q2 2017 | 10,162 £m | −31.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 11,065 £m | 28.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 11,461 £m | −28.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 9,355.0 £m | −29.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 14,843 £m | 39.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 8,609.0 £m | −39.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 16,130 £m | 27.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 13,185 £m | 22.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 10,664 £m | −19.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 14,170 £m | 4.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 12,662 £m | 28.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 10,773 £m | 24.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 13,220 £m | 22.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 13,519 £m | 46.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,893.0 £m | −17.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 8,671.0 £m | −32.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 10,808 £m | 4.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 9,249.0 £m | −36.7 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9M.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF9M.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```