# United Kingdom IT: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds and preference shares (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom IT: BAL: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds and preference shares (ended 2017) () was 927.0 £m in 2017, up 74.6% from 2016.
That is the highest reading since 2013.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 531.0 £m (2016) to 1,344.0 £m (2011), averaging 956.8 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-CBHA.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-INVTRUSTS`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (55 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/it-bal-overseas-corporate-securities-bonds-and-preference-shares-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 927.0 £m |
| 2016 | 531.0 £m |
| 2015 | 698.0 £m |
| 2014 | 775.0 £m |
| 2013 | 1,217.0 £m |
| 2012 | 1,129.0 £m |
| 2011 | 1,344.0 £m |
| 2010 | 1,304.0 £m |
| 2009 | 939.0 £m |
| 2008 | 623.0 £m |
| 2007 | 1,038.0 £m |
| 2006 | 741.0 £m |
| 2005 | 937.0 £m |
| 2004 | 682.0 £m |
| 2003 | 603.0 £m |
| 2002 | 458.0 £m |
| 2001 | 1,143.0 £m |
| 2000 | 963.0 £m |
| 1999 | 979.0 £m |
| 1998 | 768.0 £m |
| 1997 | 1,165.0 £m |
| 1996 | 279.0 £m |
| 1995 | 740.0 £m |
| 1994 | 896.0 £m |

## API

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

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