# United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Total expenditure (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: EXP: Total expenditure (ended 2018) () was down 124.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 11.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at −23,899 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2009.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −192.8% (Q1 2009) to 3,125.4% (Q2 2016), averaging 152.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RKFF.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (108 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-exp-total-expenditure-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | −23,899 £m | −124.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 63,099 £m | 11.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 79,762 £m | 59.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 10,143 £m | −88.3 |
| Q4 2017 | 98,591 £m | 110.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 56,831 £m | −54.3 |
| Q2 2017 | 49,943 £m | −50.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 86,975 £m | 31.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 46,885 £m | −37.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 124,330 £m | — |
| Q2 2016 | 100,600 £m | 3,125.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 66,078 £m | −23.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 74,431 £m | −4.1 |
| Q3 2015 | −937.0 £m | −101.6 |
| Q2 2015 | 3,119.0 £m | −94.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 86,794 £m | 50.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 77,600 £m | 46.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 57,313 £m | 0.5 |
| Q2 2014 | 54,252 £m | 556.8 |
| Q1 2014 | 57,785 £m | −35.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 52,871 £m | −18.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 57,025 £m | −16.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 8,260.0 £m | −73.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 89,633 £m | 29.5 |

## API

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

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