# United Kingdom IT: ACQ: corporate securities: Bonds & preference shares (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom IT: ACQ: corporate securities: Bonds & preference shares (ended 2018) () was down 65.1% year on year in Q4 2017, compared with 630.0% in Q3 2017.
The level stood at 2.00 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −72.6% (Q2 2011) to 687.5% (Q4 2016), averaging 30.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-CBGO.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (128 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/it-acq-corporate-securities-bonds-and-preference-shares-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2018 | 12.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2017 | 22.00 £m | −65.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 73.00 £m | 630.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 15.00 £m | 0.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 17.00 £m | −43.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 63.00 £m | 687.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 10.00 £m | −23.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 15.00 £m | −67.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 30.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2015 | 8.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2015 | 13.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2015 | 46.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2014 | 23.00 £m | −51.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 14.00 £m | −22.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 35.00 £m | −72.2 |
| Q4 2013 | 50.00 £m | 61.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 47.00 £m | 20.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 18.00 £m | −43.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 126.0 £m | 117.2 |
| Q4 2012 | 31.00 £m | −60.8 |
| Q3 2012 | 39.00 £m | −17.0 |
| Q2 2012 | 32.00 £m | −50.0 |
| Q1 2012 | 58.00 £m | 11.5 |

## API

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

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