# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) () was down 16.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −10.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,860.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −37.0% (Q2 2014) to 43.6% (Q1 2017), averaging −5.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3H.MEASURE-GENERAL.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-gen-bal-balances-with-banks-and-building-societies-in-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,860.0 £m | −16.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,965.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 4,474.0 £m | −19.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 4,939.0 £m | −15.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 5,796.0 £m | 18.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 5,546.0 £m | 11.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 5,572.0 £m | 24.2 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,819.0 £m | 43.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,899.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,967.0 £m | −1.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 4,485.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,052.0 £m | −10.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 4,744.0 £m | −8.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 5,056.0 £m | 5.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 4,731.0 £m | 12.5 |
| Q1 2015 | 4,500.0 £m | −22.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 5,161.0 £m | −26.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 4,799.0 £m | −28.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 4,204.0 £m | −37.0 |
| Q1 2014 | 5,768.0 £m | −18.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 6,970.0 £m | −0.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 6,689.0 £m | −1.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 6,675.0 £m | −17.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 7,112.0 £m | −1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3H.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3H.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```