# United Kingdom INS: LT: REAL: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: REAL: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was up 22.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −5.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 35,031 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −50.4% (Q3 2014) to 73.1% (Q2 2018), averaging −1.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYFC.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (224 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-real-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 35,031 £m | 22.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 22,157 £m | −5.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 31,109 £m | 73.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 28,700 £m | 18.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 28,676 £m | 19.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 23,513 £m | −20.3 |
| Q2 2017 | 17,973 £m | −41.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 24,223 £m | 6.0 |
| Q4 2016 | 24,096 £m | −33.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 29,504 £m | −26.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 30,920 £m | −13.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 22,856 £m | −41.8 |
| Q4 2015 | 36,166 £m | −8.2 |
| Q3 2015 | 39,971 £m | 14.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 35,644 £m | −7.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 39,243 £m | −27.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 39,393 £m | −2.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 34,909 £m | −50.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 38,444 £m | −37.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 54,110 £m | −35.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 40,557 £m | −19.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 70,412 £m | 19.1 |
| Q2 2013 | 61,722 £m | 24.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 83,458 £m | 25.5 |

## API

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

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