# United Kingdom INS: GEN: REAL: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: GEN: REAL: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was down 22.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −18.5% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,983.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −97.8% (Q4 2014) to 1,586.9% (Q3 2015), averaging 102.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYKW.MEASURE-GENERAL.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-gen-real-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,983.0 £m | −22.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,639.0 £m | −18.5 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,357.0 £m | −16.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,911.0 £m | −46.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 2,572.0 £m | 17.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 2,010.0 £m | −49.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,619.0 £m | −47.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 3,549.0 £m | −23.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 2,191.0 £m | 49.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 3,954.0 £m | 46.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,071.0 £m | 150.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,633.0 £m | 38.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,464.0 £m | 1,321.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 2,699.0 £m | 1,586.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,224.0 £m | 1,175.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 3,354.0 £m | 235.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 103.0 £m | −97.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 160.0 £m | −95.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 96.00 £m | −96.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,001.0 £m | −81.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 4,594.0 £m | 60.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 3,456.0 £m | −20.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,529.0 £m | −40.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 5,305.0 £m | 6.2 |

## API

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

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