# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Other short term assets (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Other short term assets (ended 2018) () was up 8.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 36.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,003.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −48.5% (Q4 2009) to 72.2% (Q2 2016), averaging −6.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX2E.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (75 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-other-short-term-assets-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,003.0 £m | 8.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,794.0 £m | 36.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 4,918.0 £m | 46.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 4,472.0 £m | 35.4 |
| Q4 2017 | 3,690.0 £m | −1.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 3,518.0 £m | −17.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 3,350.0 £m | −28.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 3,303.0 £m | −17.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,762.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 4,263.0 £m | 6.4 |
| Q2 2016 | 4,671.0 £m | 72.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,014.0 £m | 9.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,407.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2015 | 4,005.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2015 | 2,712.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2015 | 3,659.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2014 | 4,824.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 4,874.0 £m | −8.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 6,626.0 £m | 26.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 5,582.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 5,303.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 5,342.0 £m | 2.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 5,231.0 £m | −4.8 |
| Q4 2012 | 6,008.0 £m | −2.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX2E.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX2E.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```