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

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: government securities (GILTS): Sterling: Index linked (ended 2018) () was up 55.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 24.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 28,203 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −60.9% (Q4 2010) to 225.1% (Q4 2011), averaging 27.0%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-ARIW.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1979-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (160 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-government-securities-gilts-sterling-index-linked-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 28,203 £m | 55.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 24,872 £m | 24.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 21,551 £m | 50.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 24,681 £m | 45.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 18,111 £m | −16.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 20,059 £m | −24.3 |
| Q2 2017 | 14,323 £m | −52.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 17,023 £m | −35.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 21,550 £m | 111.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 26,489 £m | 89.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 30,246 £m | 151.6 |
| Q1 2016 | 26,466 £m | 126.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 10,207 £m | 4.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 14,011 £m | 2.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 12,023 £m | 21.4 |
| Q1 2015 | 11,688 £m | −23.9 |
| Q4 2014 | 9,814.0 £m | 23.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 13,674 £m | −14.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 9,904.0 £m | −8.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 15,360 £m | 18.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 7,970.0 £m | −14.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 16,009 £m | 40.9 |
| Q2 2013 | 10,828 £m | −3.8 |
| Q1 2013 | 12,986 £m | −4.0 |

## API

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

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