# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: govt securities (GILTS): Sterling: Other than index linked (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: govt securities (GILTS): Sterling: Other than index linked (ended 2018) () was up 29.9% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −13.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 26,791 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −42.9% (Q4 2010) to 152.7% (Q4 2016), averaging 10.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4X.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-govt-securities-gilts-sterling-other-than-index-linked-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 26,791 £m | 29.9 |
| Q3 2018 | 21,315 £m | −13.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 28,156 £m | 16.8 |
| Q1 2018 | 32,731 £m | 39.7 |
| Q4 2017 | 20,628 £m | −41.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 24,590 £m | −14.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 24,099 £m | −13.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 23,434 £m | −2.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 35,480 £m | 152.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 28,646 £m | 127.4 |
| Q2 2016 | 27,709 £m | 63.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 24,012 £m | 65.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 14,043 £m | 13.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 12,596 £m | 6.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 16,906 £m | 4.2 |
| Q1 2015 | 14,533 £m | −13.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 12,336 £m | −29.6 |
| Q3 2014 | 11,872 £m | −41.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 16,228 £m | −23.5 |
| Q1 2014 | 16,771 £m | −18.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 17,534 £m | −24.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 20,192 £m | 37.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 21,202 £m | 43.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 20,596 £m | 34.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4X.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IQ4X.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```