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

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in : Foreign currency (ended 2018) () was down 28.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −27.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,357.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.0% (Q1 2010) to 38.4% (Q3 2015), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX45.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-foreign

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,357.0 £m | −28.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,374.0 £m | −27.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,057.0 £m | −38.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,182.0 £m | −32.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,888.0 £m | 22.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,902.0 £m | 9.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,709.0 £m | 14.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,739.0 £m | 28.2 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,536.0 £m | 21.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,741.0 £m | 15.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,494.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,357.0 £m | 5.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,264.0 £m | 6.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 1,514.0 £m | 38.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,360.0 £m | 31.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,285.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,187.0 £m | −14.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,094.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,037.0 £m | 0.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,391.0 £m | 26.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,387.0 £m | 32.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,178.0 £m | 4.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,030.0 £m | −20.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,099.0 £m | 11.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX45.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX45.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```