# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas corporate securities: Bonds (ended 2018) () was up 84.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 14.7% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 20,387 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −36.5% (Q2 2010) to 90.9% (Q3 2016), averaging 7.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GNQN.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (132 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-overseas-corporate-securities-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 20,387 £m | 84.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 16,270 £m | 14.7 |
| Q2 2018 | 14,739 £m | −8.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 20,523 £m | 60.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 11,048 £m | −26.5 |
| Q3 2017 | 14,187 £m | −10.1 |
| Q2 2017 | 16,070 £m | 2.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 12,784 £m | −8.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 15,034 £m | 49.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 15,779 £m | 90.9 |
| Q2 2016 | 15,657 £m | 83.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 13,972 £m | 64.4 |
| Q4 2015 | 10,083 £m | 40.6 |
| Q3 2015 | 8,267.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q2 2015 | 8,543.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q1 2015 | 8,498.0 £m | 4.9 |
| Q4 2014 | 7,169.0 £m | −7.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 8,898.0 £m | 27.1 |
| Q2 2014 | 8,897.0 £m | 9.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 8,104.0 £m | −17.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 7,744.0 £m | −22.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 7,003.0 £m | −17.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 8,147.0 £m | 26.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 9,817.0 £m | −9.5 |

## API

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

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