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

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2018) () was up 60.5% year on year in Q1 2016, compared with 41.5% in Q4 2015.
The level stood at 462.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2012.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −74.2% (Q4 2013) to 409.2% (Q4 2009), averaging 35.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GQFM.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-07-01 (128 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-corporate-foreign-currency-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q3 2018 | 462.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2018 | 636.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2017 | 251.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2017 | 575.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2017 | 626.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2017 | 864.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2016 | 424.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2016 | 496.0 £m | 60.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 307.0 £m | 41.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 243.0 £m | −31.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 230.0 £m | −50.3 |
| Q1 2015 | 309.0 £m | −22.9 |
| Q4 2014 | 217.0 £m | −24.9 |
| Q3 2014 | 356.0 £m | −29.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 463.0 £m | −28.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 401.0 £m | −36.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 289.0 £m | −74.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 502.0 £m | 15.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 645.0 £m | 9.9 |
| Q1 2013 | 630.0 £m | −9.9 |
| Q4 2012 | 1,121.0 £m | 195.8 |
| Q3 2012 | 434.0 £m | 38.7 |
| Q2 2012 | 587.0 £m | 117.4 |
| Q1 2012 | 699.0 £m | −43.3 |

## API

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

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