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

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) () was up 52.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 36.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 26,686 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −49.8% (Q3 2010) to 116.4% (Q1 2013), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAVX.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (224 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-real-overseas-corporate-securities-ordinary-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 26,686 £m | 52.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 22,005 £m | 36.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 19,613 £m | 50.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 30,059 £m | 97.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 17,528 £m | 42.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 16,085 £m | 46.6 |
| Q2 2017 | 13,012 £m | −5.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 15,198 £m | 18.2 |
| Q4 2016 | 12,339 £m | −26.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 10,971 £m | −19.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 13,766 £m | −25.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 12,855 £m | −37.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 16,722 £m | −3.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 13,562 £m | −5.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 18,526 £m | −10.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 20,414 £m | 9.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 17,264 £m | −7.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 14,291 £m | −23.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 20,643 £m | −4.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 18,616 £m | −40.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 18,745 £m | 29.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 18,558 £m | 48.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 21,587 £m | 40.2 |
| Q1 2013 | 31,152 £m | 116.4 |

## API

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

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