# United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: unit trust units (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: ACQ: unit trust units (ended 2018) () was down 9.4% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −22.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 17,661 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.4% (Q1 2011) to 114.5% (Q3 2016), averaging 15.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5K.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-unit-trust-units-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 17,661 £m | −9.4 |
| Q3 2018 | 14,694 £m | −22.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 12,671 £m | −19.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 23,339 £m | 25.6 |
| Q4 2017 | 19,500 £m | 24.0 |
| Q3 2017 | 19,029 £m | 75.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 15,718 £m | 49.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 18,589 £m | 70.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 15,726 £m | 87.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 10,820 £m | 114.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 10,504 £m | 80.8 |
| Q1 2016 | 10,893 £m | 102.2 |
| Q4 2015 | 8,410.0 £m | −29.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 5,044.0 £m | −52.7 |
| Q2 2015 | 5,809.0 £m | −31.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 5,388.0 £m | −41.3 |
| Q4 2014 | 11,978 £m | 14.8 |
| Q3 2014 | 10,657 £m | −13.6 |
| Q2 2014 | 8,514.0 £m | −29.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 9,182.0 £m | −13.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 10,432 £m | 35.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 12,333 £m | 55.6 |
| Q2 2013 | 12,150 £m | 71.7 |
| Q1 2013 | 10,612 £m | 31.3 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5K.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5K.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```