# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Commercial paper issued by companies (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Commercial paper issued by companies (ended 2018) () was up 7.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −33.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 116.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −92.8% (Q2 2010) to 2,976.9% (Q2 2012), averaging 86.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF75.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1999-10-01 to 2018-10-01 (77 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-bal-commercial-paper-issued-by-companies-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 116.0 £m | 7.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 55.00 £m | −33.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 55.00 £m | −20.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 92.00 £m | 67.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 108.0 £m | 17.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 83.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 69.00 £m | 13.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 55.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 92.00 £m | −48.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 83.00 £m | −6.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 61.00 £m | −41.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 55.00 £m | −53.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 178.0 £m | −64.3 |
| Q3 2015 | 89.00 £m | −88.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 104.0 £m | −89.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 118.0 £m | −88.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 498.0 £m | 8.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 788.0 £m | 116.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 948.0 £m | 185.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,022.0 £m | 206.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 461.0 £m | −9.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 364.0 £m | −30.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 332.0 £m | −17.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 333.0 £m | 58.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF75.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF75.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```