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

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in : Sterling (ended 2018) () was down 2.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −3.1% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 22,375 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −30.5% (Q2 2013) to 18.5% (Q1 2017), averaging −6.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3R.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-sterling-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 22,375 £m | −2.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 23,048 £m | −3.1 |
| Q2 2018 | 23,150 £m | −11.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 21,457 £m | −19.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 22,891 £m | −8.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 23,777 £m | −7.4 |
| Q2 2017 | 26,174 £m | 8.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 26,578 £m | 18.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 24,941 £m | 8.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 25,666 £m | 4.4 |
| Q2 2016 | 24,114 £m | −1.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 22,436 £m | −13.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 22,896 £m | −4.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 24,576 £m | −3.3 |
| Q2 2015 | 24,543 £m | 0.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 25,889 £m | 6.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 23,842 £m | −3.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 25,405 £m | −9.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 24,385 £m | −6.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 24,427 £m | −14.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 24,616 £m | −27.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 28,068 £m | −15.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 26,105 £m | −30.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 28,443 £m | −19.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3R.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX3R.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```