# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Ordinary shares (ended 2018) () was 224,415 £m in 2018, down 18.1% from 2017.
That is the lowest reading since 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 134,211 £m (2008) to 274,010 £m (2017), averaging 195,655 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-AHNQ.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-01-01 (56 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-bal-overseas-corporate-securities-ordinary-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2018 | 224,415 £m |
| 2017 | 274,010 £m |
| 2016 | 259,793 £m |
| 2015 | 219,253 £m |
| 2014 | 207,643 £m |
| 2013 | 194,250 £m |
| 2012 | 173,982 £m |
| 2011 | 145,932 £m |
| 2010 | 165,216 £m |
| 2009 | 153,500 £m |
| 2008 | 134,211 £m |
| 2007 | 163,249 £m |
| 2006 | 136,652 £m |
| 2005 | 119,207 £m |
| 2004 | 89,654 £m |
| 2003 | 77,501 £m |
| 2002 | 80,213 £m |
| 2001 | 103,544 £m |
| 2000 | 97,574 £m |
| 1999 | 112,263 £m |
| 1998 | 73,426 £m |
| 1997 | 68,763 £m |
| 1996 | 59,371 £m |
| 1995 | 57,141 £m |

## API

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

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