# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: corporate bonds (ended 2017) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: corporate bonds (ended 2017) () was 82,484 £m in 2017, down 1.3% from 2016.
That is the lowest reading since 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 55,741 £m (2008) to 83,548 £m (2016), averaging 67,727 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JX62.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2017-01-01 (32 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-bal-corporate-bonds-ended-2017

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2017 | 82,484 £m |
| 2016 | 83,548 £m |
| 2015 | 74,441 £m |
| 2014 | 76,987 £m |
| 2013 | 64,581 £m |
| 2012 | 64,508 £m |
| 2011 | 61,586 £m |
| 2010 | 59,469 £m |
| 2009 | 64,351 £m |
| 2008 | 55,741 £m |
| 2007 | 57,306 £m |
| 2006 | 54,626 £m |
| 2005 | 47,912 £m |
| 2004 | 42,871 £m |
| 2003 | 36,918 £m |
| 2002 | 30,351 £m |
| 2001 | 22,138 £m |
| 2000 | 16,271 £m |
| 1999 | 8,942.0 £m |
| 1998 | 7,665.0 £m |
| 1997 | 5,100.0 £m |
| 1996 | 5,611.0 £m |
| 1995 | 6,413.0 £m |
| 1994 | 3,573.0 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JX62.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-JX62.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```