# United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) () was 27,656 £m in 2018, up 8.2% from 2017.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1963.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15,847 £m (2010) to 27,656 £m (2018), averaging 22,326 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-RLOX.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-01-01 (56 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-bal-overseas-corporate-securities-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2018 | 27,656 £m |
| 2017 | 25,555 £m |
| 2016 | 27,200 £m |
| 2015 | 25,307 £m |
| 2014 | 24,276 £m |
| 2013 | 21,834 £m |
| 2012 | 21,872 £m |
| 2011 | 16,939 £m |
| 2010 | 15,847 £m |
| 2009 | 21,017 £m |
| 2008 | 18,081 £m |
| 2007 | 12,872 £m |
| 2006 | 16,128 £m |
| 2005 | 10,866 £m |
| 2004 | 9,762.0 £m |
| 2003 | 5,473.0 £m |
| 2002 | 5,436.0 £m |
| 2001 | 3,714.0 £m |
| 2000 | 4,940.0 £m |
| 1999 | 2,885.0 £m |
| 1998 | 4,756.0 £m |
| 1997 | 3,078.0 £m |
| 1996 | 2,302.0 £m |
| 1995 | 1,691.0 £m |

## API

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

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