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

United Kingdom PEN: NET: corporate foreign currency bonds (ended 2018) () was up 251.3% year on year in Q2 2018, compared with −134.8% in Q1 2018.
The level stood at 216.0 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −600.0% (Q1 2016) to 1,900.0% (Q2 2017), averaging 60.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-GQFK.MEASURE-NETINV.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1986-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (132 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-net-corporate-foreign-currency-bonds-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 216.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2018 | 89.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2018 | 281.0 £m | 251.3 |
| Q1 2018 | −77.00 £m | −134.8 |
| Q4 2017 | −697.0 £m | −377.7 |
| Q3 2017 | −163.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2017 | 80.00 £m | 1,900.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 221.0 £m | — |
| Q4 2016 | 251.0 £m | 402.0 |
| Q3 2016 | −93.00 £m | −236.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 4.00 £m | −76.5 |
| Q1 2016 | −175.0 £m | −600.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 50.00 £m | — |
| Q3 2015 | 68.00 £m | 21.4 |
| Q2 2015 | 17.00 £m | −85.8 |
| Q1 2015 | 35.00 £m | −37.5 |
| Q4 2014 | −126.0 £m | −300.0 |
| Q3 2014 | 56.00 £m | −8.2 |
| Q2 2014 | 120.0 £m | 650.0 |
| Q1 2014 | 56.00 £m | — |
| Q4 2013 | 63.00 £m | 950.0 |
| Q3 2013 | 61.00 £m | — |
| Q2 2013 | 16.00 £m | −94.3 |
| Q1 2013 | −33.00 £m | — |

## API

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

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