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

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in : Foreign currency (ended 2018) () was up 35.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 8.1% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 3,125.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −66.8% (Q3 2010) to 46.7% (Q1 2015), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3T.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-foreign

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 3,125.0 £m | 35.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,260.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,679.0 £m | −10.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 2,575.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 2,313.0 £m | 13.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 2,090.0 £m | −50.6 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,981.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 2,724.0 £m | −25.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 2,044.0 £m | −32.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,228.0 £m | 36.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,021.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q1 2016 | 3,673.0 £m | 15.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,005.0 £m | 15.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 3,105.0 £m | 39.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 3,266.0 £m | 43.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 3,178.0 £m | 46.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 2,614.0 £m | 20.5 |
| Q3 2014 | 2,232.0 £m | −17.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 2,282.0 £m | −20.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 2,167.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 2,169.0 £m | 34.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 2,707.0 £m | 10.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,864.0 £m | 24.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 2,097.0 £m | −11.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3T.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3T.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```