# United Kingdom PEN: INC: Interest earned on investments (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: INC: Interest earned on investments (ended 2018) () was up 59.8% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 20.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 4,868.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 1992.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −27.1% (Q2 2016) to 59.8% (Q4 2018), averaging 6.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GLZN.MEASURE-INCOME.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (108 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-inc-interest-earned-on-investments-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 4,868.0 £m | 59.8 |
| Q3 2018 | 3,447.0 £m | 20.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 3,437.0 £m | 16.5 |
| Q1 2018 | 3,581.0 £m | 29.5 |
| Q4 2017 | 3,046.0 £m | −2.3 |
| Q3 2017 | 2,854.0 £m | −6.8 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,950.0 £m | 16.3 |
| Q1 2017 | 2,765.0 £m | 11.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 3,118.0 £m | 13.7 |
| Q3 2016 | 3,062.0 £m | 9.0 |
| Q2 2016 | 2,536.0 £m | −27.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 2,478.0 £m | −12.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 2,742.0 £m | −5.0 |
| Q3 2015 | 2,808.0 £m | −11.3 |
| Q2 2015 | 3,477.0 £m | 22.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 2,826.0 £m | −1.2 |
| Q4 2014 | 2,886.0 £m | −1.3 |
| Q3 2014 | 3,167.0 £m | 13.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 2,832.0 £m | 5.1 |
| Q1 2014 | 2,861.0 £m | 12.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 2,925.0 £m | 6.2 |
| Q3 2013 | 2,803.0 £m | 17.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,695.0 £m | 2.4 |
| Q1 2013 | 2,545.0 £m | −21.1 |

## API

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

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