# United Kingdom IT: BAL: Borrowing: Building societies and other (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom IT: BAL: Borrowing: Building societies and other (ended 2018) () was down 13.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 9.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,597.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2012.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −19.4% (Q2 2012) to 48.8% (Q3 2014), averaging 6.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-CBHG.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-building-societies-and-other-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,597.0 £m | −13.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,639.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,725.0 £m | 8.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,705.0 £m | 15.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 1,844.0 £m | 13.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,503.0 £m | −10.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,585.0 £m | −10.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 1,471.0 £m | −12.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,631.0 £m | 13.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,672.0 £m | 19.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,763.0 £m | 29.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,685.0 £m | 45.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,432.0 £m | 30.3 |
| Q3 2015 | 1,396.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,359.0 £m | 12.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 1,160.0 £m | 10.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 1,099.0 £m | 11.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,363.0 £m | 48.8 |
| Q2 2014 | 1,210.0 £m | 23.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,051.0 £m | 6.9 |
| Q4 2013 | 989.0 £m | 14.3 |
| Q3 2013 | 916.0 £m | 0.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 979.0 £m | 16.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 983.0 £m | 7.5 |

## API

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

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