# United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: COM: REAL: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) () was up 18.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 28.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 153,247 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.6% (Q1 2016) to 32.8% (Q2 2018), averaging 0.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RAYX.MEASURE-COMMERCIAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-com-real-total-longer-term-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 153,247 £m | 18.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 130,618 £m | 28.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 148,841 £m | 32.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 155,940 £m | 24.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 128,893 £m | 8.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 101,526 £m | −9.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 112,119 £m | −13.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 124,825 £m | 12.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 118,331 £m | −22.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 111,559 £m | −20.3 |
| Q2 2016 | 130,016 £m | −4.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 110,669 £m | −26.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 153,481 £m | −0.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 139,897 £m | 6.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 136,108 £m | −13.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 150,757 £m | −17.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 153,637 £m | 10.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 131,348 £m | −20.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 157,065 £m | −4.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 181,939 £m | −3.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 139,570 £m | −10.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 164,146 £m | 8.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 164,433 £m | 14.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 189,375 £m | 11.7 |

## API

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

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