# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Money market instruments issued by HMT (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Money market instruments issued by HMT (ended 2018) () was down 48.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 69.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,538.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −77.2% (Q4 2008) to 650.8% (Q4 2009), averaging 74.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RGBM.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-10-01 to 2018-10-01 (133 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-money-market-instruments-issued-by-hmt-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,538.0 £m | −48.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,760.0 £m | 69.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,940.0 £m | 25.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 2,015.0 £m | 272.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 2,986.0 £m | 127.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,036.0 £m | −57.6 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,543.0 £m | −31.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 541.0 £m | −75.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,310.0 £m | −0.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 2,443.0 £m | 181.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 2,267.0 £m | 187.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 2,188.0 £m | 84.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,312.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 869.0 £m | −13.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 790.0 £m | −19.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,185.0 £m | −15.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,261.0 £m | −53.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,000.0 £m | −45.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 982.0 £m | −59.1 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,407.0 £m | −25.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 2,688.0 £m | 148.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,817.0 £m | 23.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,399.0 £m | 46.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,883.0 £m | 1.1 |

## API

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

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