# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Overseas government, provincial & municipal securities (ended 2018) () was up 124.6% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 4.9% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 15,555 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q3 1993.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −52.0% (Q3 2015) to 124.6% (Q4 2018), averaging 2.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-ARJG.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-overseas-government-provincial-and-municipal-securities-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 15,555 £m | 124.6 |
| Q3 2018 | 10,328 £m | 4.9 |
| Q2 2018 | 9,878.0 £m | 7.6 |
| Q1 2018 | 12,283 £m | 33.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 6,927.0 £m | −21.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 9,846.0 £m | 31.6 |
| Q2 2017 | 9,181.0 £m | 14.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 9,224.0 £m | 1.4 |
| Q4 2016 | 8,802.0 £m | 29.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 7,483.0 £m | 6.3 |
| Q2 2016 | 8,007.0 £m | −31.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,098.0 £m | −27.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 6,788.0 £m | −48.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 7,042.0 £m | −52.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 11,643 £m | −25.5 |
| Q1 2015 | 12,502 £m | −7.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 13,243 £m | 8.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 14,677 £m | −9.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 15,624 £m | 9.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 13,453 £m | −5.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 12,241 £m | −11.4 |
| Q3 2013 | 16,179 £m | 5.4 |
| Q2 2013 | 14,211 £m | −7.1 |
| Q1 2013 | 14,224 £m | 2.2 |

## API

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

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