# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Certificates of deposit: banks & building societies (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Certificates of deposit: banks & building societies (ended 2018) () was down 37.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −39.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,769.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −55.3% (Q2 2018) to 22.4% (Q3 2010), averaging −12.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-AHND.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (132 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-certificates-of-deposit-banks-and-building-societies-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,769.0 £m | −37.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,718.0 £m | −39.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 2,247.0 £m | −55.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,264.0 £m | −35.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,444.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 4,485.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 5,027.0 £m | 11.2 |
| Q1 2017 | 5,044.0 £m | −12.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 4,680.0 £m | −27.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,267.0 £m | −29.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 4,522.0 £m | −28.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 5,729.0 £m | −4.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 6,483.0 £m | 6.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 6,067.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 6,288.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q1 2015 | 5,982.0 £m | 1.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 6,080.0 £m | 14.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 6,775.0 £m | 19.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 6,577.0 £m | 18.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 5,885.0 £m | 11.0 |
| Q4 2013 | 5,318.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q3 2013 | 5,664.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 5,530.0 £m | −12.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 5,303.0 £m | −16.7 |

## API

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

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