# United Kingdom PEN: BAL: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: BAL: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2018) () was 3,370.0 £m in 2018, up 20.1% from 2017.
That is the highest reading since 2016.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1,976.0 £m (2008) to 3,693.0 £m (2016), averaging 2,777.8 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.A.NSA.ITEM-GQFU.MEASURE-BALANCE.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-01-01 (33 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-bal-corporate-foreign-currency-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2018 | 3,370.0 £m |
| 2017 | 2,807.0 £m |
| 2016 | 3,693.0 £m |
| 2015 | 3,144.0 £m |
| 2014 | 3,386.0 £m |
| 2013 | 2,643.0 £m |
| 2012 | 2,612.0 £m |
| 2011 | 2,264.0 £m |
| 2010 | 2,383.0 £m |
| 2009 | 2,278.0 £m |
| 2008 | 1,976.0 £m |
| 2007 | 1,756.0 £m |
| 2006 | 1,436.0 £m |
| 2005 | 851.0 £m |
| 2004 | 720.0 £m |
| 2003 | 503.0 £m |
| 2002 | 367.0 £m |
| 2001 | 549.0 £m |
| 2000 | 630.0 £m |
| 1999 | 503.0 £m |
| 1998 | 1,687.0 £m |
| 1997 | 658.0 £m |
| 1996 | 724.0 £m |
| 1995 | 828.0 £m |

## API

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

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