# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: Total longer term investments (ended 2018) () was up 25.7% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 7.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 217,666 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.7% (Q4 2010) to 37.6% (Q4 2016), averaging 4.2%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYKM.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-total-longer-term-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 217,666 £m | 25.7 |
| Q3 2018 | 182,032 £m | 7.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 198,666 £m | 17.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 217,294 £m | 30.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 173,144 £m | 5.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 168,838 £m | 10.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 168,779 £m | 11.8 |
| Q1 2017 | 167,201 £m | 11.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 164,672 £m | 37.6 |
| Q3 2016 | 152,534 £m | 24.6 |
| Q2 2016 | 151,009 £m | 18.4 |
| Q1 2016 | 149,523 £m | 13.9 |
| Q4 2015 | 119,701 £m | −2.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 122,458 £m | 2.3 |
| Q2 2015 | 127,503 £m | 8.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 131,313 £m | 2.1 |
| Q4 2014 | 122,758 £m | −1.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 119,658 £m | −15.8 |
| Q2 2014 | 117,208 £m | −15.3 |
| Q1 2014 | 128,642 £m | −2.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 124,900 £m | −1.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 142,125 £m | 16.0 |
| Q2 2013 | 138,383 £m | 7.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 132,211 £m | −0.6 |

## API

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

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