# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in (ended 2018) () was down 6.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −2.1% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 27,150 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −30.1% (Q1 2016) to 43.0% (Q1 2010), averaging 2.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5Q.MEASURE-BALANCE.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-bal-balances-with-banks-and-building-societies-in-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 27,150 £m | −6.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 26,640 £m | −2.1 |
| Q2 2018 | 26,860 £m | 3.4 |
| Q1 2018 | 28,230 £m | 12.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 28,922 £m | 35.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 27,217 £m | 16.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 25,978 £m | 20.9 |
| Q1 2017 | 25,194 £m | 24.3 |
| Q4 2016 | 21,274 £m | −5.2 |
| Q3 2016 | 23,327 £m | −0.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 21,494 £m | −19.3 |
| Q1 2016 | 20,263 £m | −30.1 |
| Q4 2015 | 22,433 £m | −13.3 |
| Q3 2015 | 23,484 £m | −8.5 |
| Q2 2015 | 26,638 £m | 4.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 28,990 £m | 25.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 25,881 £m | 14.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 25,675 £m | 10.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 25,597 £m | 8.6 |
| Q1 2014 | 23,085 £m | 1.7 |
| Q4 2013 | 22,701 £m | −1.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 23,306 £m | −1.4 |
| Q2 2013 | 23,562 £m | 1.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 22,696 £m | −9.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5Q.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5Q.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```