# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: government securities (GILTS): Sterling (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: government securities (GILTS): Sterling (ended 2018) () was up 42.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 3.4% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 54,994 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −50.4% (Q4 2010) to 135.2% (Q4 2016), averaging 14.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-ARIX.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1975-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (176 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-government-securities-gilts-sterling-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 54,994 £m | 42.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 46,187 £m | 3.4 |
| Q2 2018 | 49,707 £m | 29.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 57,412 £m | 41.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 38,739 £m | −32.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 44,649 £m | −19.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 38,422 £m | −33.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 40,457 £m | −19.9 |
| Q4 2016 | 57,030 £m | 135.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 55,135 £m | 107.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 57,955 £m | 100.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 50,478 £m | 92.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 24,250 £m | 9.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 26,607 £m | 4.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 28,929 £m | 10.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 26,221 £m | −18.4 |
| Q4 2014 | 22,150 £m | −13.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 25,546 £m | −29.4 |
| Q2 2014 | 26,132 £m | −18.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 32,131 £m | −4.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 25,504 £m | −21.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 36,201 £m | 38.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 32,030 £m | 22.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 33,582 £m | 16.4 |

## API

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

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