# United Kingdom INS: LT: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was up 64.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −1.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 34,874 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 1995.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −48.3% (Q3 2014) to 64.1% (Q4 2018), averaging −2.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYFB.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (224 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-acq-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 34,874 £m | 64.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 21,974 £m | −1.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 29,139 £m | 51.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 26,643 £m | 20.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 21,258 £m | −5.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 22,384 £m | −20.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 19,191 £m | −32.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 22,188 £m | 6.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 22,523 £m | −30.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 28,244 £m | −21.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 28,533 £m | −6.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 20,905 £m | −39.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 32,526 £m | −13.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 35,984 £m | 2.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 30,397 £m | −16.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 34,555 £m | −26.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 37,590 £m | −3.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 35,121 £m | −48.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 36,331 £m | −42.1 |
| Q1 2014 | 47,015 £m | −40.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 38,983 £m | −17.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 67,993 £m | 21.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 62,772 £m | 31.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 78,687 £m | 27.3 |

## API

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

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