# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Commercial paper issued by companies (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Commercial paper issued by companies (ended 2017) () was down 61.1% year on year in Q4 2016, compared with −47.6% in Q3 2016.
The level stood at 45.00 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2011.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −76.8% (Q3 2010) to 156.9% (Q1 2012), averaging −14.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF77.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1999-10-01 to 2017-10-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-commercial-paper-issued-by-companies-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2017 | 45.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2016 | 271.0 £m | −61.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 277.0 £m | −47.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 247.0 £m | −45.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 316.0 £m | −6.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 696.0 £m | 52.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 529.0 £m | 10.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 451.0 £m | −12.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 338.0 £m | −12.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 458.0 £m | −29.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 478.0 £m | −28.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 517.0 £m | −12.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 386.0 £m | −27.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 648.0 £m | 30.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 665.0 £m | 2.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 592.0 £m | −50.9 |
| Q1 2013 | 534.0 £m | −54.7 |
| Q4 2012 | 496.0 £m | −44.3 |
| Q3 2012 | 652.0 £m | −27.5 |
| Q2 2012 | 1,206.0 £m | 81.9 |
| Q1 2012 | 1,179.0 £m | 156.9 |
| Q4 2011 | 891.0 £m | 37.9 |
| Q3 2011 | 899.0 £m | 11.5 |
| Q2 2011 | 663.0 £m | −61.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF77.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JF77.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```