# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) () was up 1.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −2.2% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 25,500 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.3% (Q2 2013) to 12.2% (Q1 2017), averaging −6.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX2C.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-balances-with-banks-and-building-societies-in-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 25,500 £m | 1.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 25,308 £m | −2.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 25,829 £m | −11.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 24,032 £m | −18.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 25,204 £m | −6.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 25,867 £m | −13.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 29,155 £m | 7.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 29,302 £m | 12.2 |
| Q4 2016 | 26,985 £m | 4.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 29,894 £m | 8.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 27,135 £m | −2.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 26,109 £m | −10.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 25,901 £m | −2.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 27,681 £m | 0.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 27,809 £m | 4.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 29,067 £m | 9.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 26,456 £m | −1.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 27,637 £m | −10.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 26,667 £m | −7.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 26,594 £m | −12.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 26,785 £m | −24.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 30,775 £m | −14.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 28,969 £m | −27.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 30,540 £m | −18.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX2C.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX2C.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```