# United Kingdom INS: LT: REAL: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom INS: LT: REAL: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) () was up 19.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 30.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 143,655 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −29.4% (Q1 2016) to 37.0% (Q2 2018), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYFR.MEASURE-LONGTERMINS.SECTOR-INSURANCE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ins-lt-real-total-longer-term-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 143,655 £m | 19.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 123,276 £m | 30.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 142,232 £m | 37.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 148,705 £m | 32.8 |
| Q4 2017 | 119,889 £m | 14.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 94,400 £m | −6.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 103,852 £m | −13.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 111,975 £m | 14.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 105,207 £m | −26.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 100,546 £m | −22.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 119,726 £m | −6.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 98,096 £m | −29.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 142,557 £m | 9.3 |
| Q3 2015 | 130,085 £m | 16.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 127,764 £m | −3.9 |
| Q1 2015 | 138,887 £m | −8.7 |
| Q4 2014 | 130,386 £m | 3.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 112,016 £m | −27.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 132,945 £m | −14.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 152,100 £m | −14.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 126,396 £m | −14.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 153,922 £m | 9.2 |
| Q2 2013 | 155,475 £m | 19.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 178,386 £m | 13.2 |

## API

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

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