# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Certificates of deposit: banks & building societies (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: Certificates of deposit: banks & building societies (ended 2018) () was up 173.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 164.3% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,560.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −68.2% (Q4 2012) to 265.3% (Q2 2018), averaging 12.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8H.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1996-04-01 to 2018-10-01 (91 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-bal-certificates-of-deposit-banks-and-building-societies-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,560.0 £m | 173.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 2,553.0 £m | 164.3 |
| Q2 2018 | 3,785.0 £m | 265.3 |
| Q1 2018 | 2,318.0 £m | 143.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 935.0 £m | 16.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 966.0 £m | 8.9 |
| Q2 2017 | 1,036.0 £m | 38.5 |
| Q1 2017 | 952.0 £m | 108.8 |
| Q4 2016 | 804.0 £m | 54.0 |
| Q3 2016 | 887.0 £m | −3.5 |
| Q2 2016 | 748.0 £m | −40.9 |
| Q1 2016 | 456.0 £m | −50.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 522.0 £m | 14.7 |
| Q3 2015 | 919.0 £m | 15.3 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,265.0 £m | 29.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 912.0 £m | −37.8 |
| Q4 2014 | 455.0 £m | −64.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 797.0 £m | −35.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 976.0 £m | −43.2 |
| Q1 2014 | 1,466.0 £m | −9.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,288.0 £m | −37.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,232.0 £m | −47.5 |
| Q2 2013 | 1,718.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q1 2013 | 1,621.0 £m | −7.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8H.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-IX8H.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```