# United Kingdom IT: BAL: Borrowing: and overseas banks (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom IT: BAL: Borrowing: and overseas banks (ended 2018) () was up 3.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 3.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,477.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −24.1% (Q3 2009) to 28.6% (Q1 2011), averaging 5.7%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-CBHD.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (128 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/it-bal-borrowing-and-overseas-banks-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,477.0 £m | 3.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 4,586.0 £m | 3.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 4,444.0 £m | 13.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 4,286.0 £m | 13.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 4,335.0 £m | 20.5 |
| Q3 2017 | 4,428.0 £m | 24.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 3,923.0 £m | 10.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 3,794.0 £m | 11.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,598.0 £m | 12.8 |
| Q3 2016 | 3,558.0 £m | 8.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 3,566.0 £m | 17.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 3,390.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 3,189.0 £m | −5.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 3,292.0 £m | 9.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 3,037.0 £m | 4.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 3,109.0 £m | −0.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 3,373.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,007.0 £m | 1.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 2,919.0 £m | −4.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 3,127.0 £m | 5.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 3,652.0 £m | 28.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 2,971.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 3,049.0 £m | −2.5 |
| Q1 2013 | 2,957.0 £m | −5.1 |

## API

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

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