# United Kingdom INS: GEN: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was down 1.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 0.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,235.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −98.0% (Q4 2014) to 1,555.8% (Q4 2015), averaging 84.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYKV.MEASURE-GENERAL.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-gen-acq-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,235.0 £m | −1.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,863.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,376.0 £m | −48.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,518.0 £m | −39.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 2,260.0 £m | −22.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,850.0 £m | −45.3 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,681.0 £m | 3.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 2,523.0 £m | −29.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 2,904.0 £m | 55.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 3,383.0 £m | 61.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 2,590.0 £m | 98.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 3,587.0 £m | 39.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,871.0 £m | 1,555.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 2,098.0 £m | 992.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,303.0 £m | 593.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 2,569.0 £m | 317.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 113.0 £m | −98.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 192.0 £m | −94.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 188.0 £m | −93.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 616.0 £m | −84.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 5,774.0 £m | 50.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 3,479.0 £m | −1.4 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,887.0 £m | −27.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 3,953.0 £m | 4.6 |

## API

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

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