# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: corporate bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: corporate bonds (ended 2018) () was down 54.9% year on year in Q1 2016, compared with 135.4% in Q4 2015.
The level stood at 8,209.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q1 2000.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −54.9% (Q1 2016) to 135.4% (Q4 2015), averaging 6.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5H.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-07-01 (72 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-corporate-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2018 | 8,209.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2018 | 6,578.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2017 | 7,148.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2017 | 7,784.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2017 | 6,227.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2017 | 6,678.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2016 | 4,224.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2016 | 2,754.0 £m | −54.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 8,049.0 £m | 135.4 |
| Q3 2015 | 6,731.0 £m | 100.9 |
| Q2 2015 | 6,770.0 £m | 100.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 6,111.0 £m | 93.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 3,420.0 £m | −16.5 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,350.0 £m | −18.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 3,374.0 £m | −20.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 3,162.0 £m | −36.8 |
| Q4 2013 | 4,095.0 £m | −7.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 4,104.0 £m | 12.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 4,226.0 £m | 13.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 5,003.0 £m | −18.4 |
| Q4 2012 | 4,430.0 £m | −27.4 |
| Q3 2012 | 3,665.0 £m | −15.1 |
| Q2 2012 | 3,714.0 £m | −42.4 |
| Q1 2012 | 6,133.0 £m | −28.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5H.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5H.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```