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

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in : Foreign currency (ended 2018) () was up 19.3% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 31.0% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 7,519.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.1% (Q2 2010) to 53.1% (Q3 2016), averaging 8.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5U.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-foreign-currency

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 7,519.0 £m | 19.3 |
| Q3 2018 | 7,641.0 £m | 31.0 |
| Q2 2018 | 7,605.0 £m | 20.1 |
| Q1 2018 | 7,120.0 £m | 6.0 |
| Q4 2017 | 6,302.0 £m | 14.2 |
| Q3 2017 | 5,832.0 £m | −26.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 6,332.0 £m | 25.1 |
| Q1 2017 | 6,716.0 £m | 47.7 |
| Q4 2016 | 5,517.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q3 2016 | 7,964.0 £m | 53.1 |
| Q2 2016 | 5,061.0 £m | −22.7 |
| Q1 2016 | 4,546.0 £m | −8.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 4,908.0 £m | 21.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 5,201.0 £m | 23.6 |
| Q2 2015 | 6,543.0 £m | 43.7 |
| Q1 2015 | 4,959.0 £m | 21.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 4,040.0 £m | −10.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 4,207.0 £m | −12.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 4,553.0 £m | 3.1 |
| Q1 2014 | 4,099.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q4 2013 | 4,508.0 £m | 11.9 |
| Q3 2013 | 4,789.0 £m | 20.3 |
| Q2 2013 | 4,417.0 £m | 23.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 4,411.0 £m | 15.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5U.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5U.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```