# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was up 43.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 4.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 55,833 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −55.4% (Q3 2010) to 132.5% (Q4 2016), averaging 15.9%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYJC.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1983-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (144 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-acq-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 55,833 £m | 43.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 47,335 £m | 4.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 51,612 £m | 33.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 57,966 £m | 40.9 |
| Q4 2017 | 38,962 £m | −31.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 45,266 £m | −21.0 |
| Q2 2017 | 38,660 £m | −37.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 41,134 £m | −26.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 57,173 £m | 132.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 57,287 £m | 112.3 |
| Q2 2016 | 61,468 £m | 110.0 |
| Q1 2016 | 56,195 £m | 109.5 |
| Q4 2015 | 24,587 £m | 9.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 26,986 £m | 4.6 |
| Q2 2015 | 29,265 £m | 11.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 26,824 £m | −17.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 22,409 £m | −12.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 25,803 £m | −29.9 |
| Q2 2014 | 26,214 £m | −20.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 32,635 £m | −3.3 |
| Q4 2013 | 25,667 £m | −22.1 |
| Q3 2013 | 36,797 £m | 35.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 32,886 £m | 16.4 |
| Q1 2013 | 33,744 £m | 11.5 |

## API

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

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