# United Kingdom IT: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom IT: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) () was down 5.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 8.2% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 7,161.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −31.6% (Q1 2009) to 65.4% (Q2 2017), averaging 1.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-AREA.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1980-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (156 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/it-acq-total-longer-term-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 7,161.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 7,865.0 £m | 8.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 7,885.0 £m | −27.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 8,156.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q4 2017 | 7,552.0 £m | 14.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 7,271.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 10,918 £m | 65.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 9,024.0 £m | 29.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 6,605.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q3 2016 | 6,797.0 £m | 14.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 6,600.0 £m | −8.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 6,971.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q4 2015 | 6,136.0 £m | 4.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 5,933.0 £m | 7.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 7,232.0 £m | 27.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 6,407.0 £m | −7.5 |
| Q4 2014 | 5,870.0 £m | 8.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 5,544.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 5,688.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 6,927.0 £m | −8.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 5,402.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 5,177.0 £m | 0.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 6,021.0 £m | 27.4 |
| Q1 2013 | 7,605.0 £m | 29.9 |

## API

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

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