# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: corporate bonds: Sterling and foreign currency (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: corporate bonds: Sterling and foreign currency (ended 2017) () was 13,091 £m in 2017, up 3.8% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since 2009.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-IFVV.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (18 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-bal-corporate-bonds-sterling-and-foreign-currency-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 13,091 £m |
| 2016 | 12,617 £m |
| 2015 | 11,530 £m |
| 2014 | 12,462 £m |
| 2013 | 12,355 £m |
| 2012 | 12,127 £m |
| 2011 | 10,817 £m |
| 2010 | 10,487 £m |
| 2009 | 13,550 £m |
| 2008 | 12,060 £m |
| 2007 | 13,397 £m |
| 2006 | 11,797 £m |
| 2005 | 10,815 £m |
| 2004 | 9,826.0 £m |
| 2003 | 7,233.0 £m |
| 2002 | 6,699.0 £m |
| 2001 | 5,590.0 £m |
| 2000 | 5,228.0 £m |

## API

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

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