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

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in : Sterling (ended 2018) () was down 10.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −1.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 3,503.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −43.9% (Q2 2014) to 51.4% (Q1 2017), averaging −6.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX43.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-sterling

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 3,503.0 £m | −10.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 3,591.0 £m | −1.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 3,417.0 £m | −11.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,757.0 £m | −7.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 3,908.0 £m | 16.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 3,644.0 £m | 13.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 3,863.0 £m | 29.2 |
| Q1 2017 | 4,080.0 £m | 51.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,363.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 3,226.0 £m | −8.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 2,991.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 2,695.0 £m | −16.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,480.0 £m | −12.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 3,542.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 3,371.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q1 2015 | 3,215.0 £m | −26.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 3,974.0 £m | −28.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,705.0 £m | −32.8 |
| Q2 2014 | 3,167.0 £m | −43.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 4,377.0 £m | −27.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 5,583.0 £m | −6.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 5,511.0 £m | −2.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 5,645.0 £m | −16.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 6,013.0 £m | −3.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX43.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX43.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```