# United Kingdom INS: LT: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) () was up 43.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 35.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 154,252 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2007.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.9% (Q1 2016) to 43.2% (Q4 2018), averaging 0.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYFQ.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.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-lt-acq-total-longer-term-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 154,252 £m | 43.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 125,348 £m | 35.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 136,040 £m | 29.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 134,288 £m | 23.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 107,714 £m | 3.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 92,340 £m | −12.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 104,796 £m | −8.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 108,452 £m | 14.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 104,438 £m | −24.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 105,521 £m | −18.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 114,869 £m | −12.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 95,047 £m | −26.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 138,939 £m | 8.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 129,687 £m | 16.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 130,526 £m | 2.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 130,103 £m | −12.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 127,649 £m | 8.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 110,904 £m | −24.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 127,559 £m | −17.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 148,231 £m | −8.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 118,099 £m | −21.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 146,706 £m | 4.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 154,761 £m | 19.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 162,789 £m | 2.6 |

## API

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

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