# United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Short term assets (excluding derivatives) (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: BAL: Short term assets (excluding derivatives) (ended 2018) () was down 7.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 10.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 92,299 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2010.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.1% (Q3 2010) to 17.9% (Q4 2013), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYEW.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-short-term-assets-excluding-derivatives-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 92,299 £m | −7.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 95,632 £m | 10.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 98,835 £m | 11.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 96,562 £m | 6.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 99,622 £m | 9.4 |
| Q3 2017 | 86,424 £m | −4.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 88,409 £m | 0.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 90,878 £m | 10.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 91,087 £m | 2.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 90,241 £m | 5.4 |
| Q2 2016 | 88,106 £m | 7.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 82,364 £m | −7.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 89,292 £m | 7.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 85,620 £m | −3.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 82,193 £m | −6.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 88,633 £m | −0.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 82,966 £m | −2.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 89,069 £m | 2.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 87,655 £m | 1.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 88,975 £m | 3.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 84,742 £m | 17.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 87,318 £m | 17.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 86,403 £m | 14.2 |
| Q1 2013 | 85,959 £m | 17.1 |

## API

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

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