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

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Balances with banks & building societies in : Sterling (ended 2018) () was down 13.2% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −11.2% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 19,631 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −34.6% (Q1 2016) to 50.8% (Q1 2010), averaging 1.6%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5S.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-sterling-ended

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 19,631 £m | −13.2 |
| Q3 2018 | 18,999 £m | −11.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 19,255 £m | −2.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 21,110 £m | 14.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 22,620 £m | 43.6 |
| Q3 2017 | 21,385 £m | 39.2 |
| Q2 2017 | 19,646 £m | 19.6 |
| Q1 2017 | 18,478 £m | 17.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 15,757 £m | −10.1 |
| Q3 2016 | 15,363 £m | −16.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 16,433 £m | −18.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 15,717 £m | −34.6 |
| Q4 2015 | 17,525 £m | −19.8 |
| Q3 2015 | 18,283 £m | −14.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 20,095 £m | −4.5 |
| Q1 2015 | 24,031 £m | 26.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 21,841 £m | 20.1 |
| Q3 2014 | 21,468 £m | 15.9 |
| Q2 2014 | 21,044 £m | 9.9 |
| Q1 2014 | 18,986 £m | 3.8 |
| Q4 2013 | 18,193 £m | −3.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 18,517 £m | −5.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 19,145 £m | −2.6 |
| Q1 2013 | 18,285 £m | −14.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5S.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-JX5S.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```