# United Kingdom PEN: NET: public sector securities (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom PEN: NET: public sector securities (ended 2018) () was down 63.5% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −47.6% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 2,479.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −187.4% (Q3 2011) to 482.7% (Q1 2013), averaging 35.3%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RYJE.MEASURE-NETINV.SECTOR-PENSIONS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1963-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (224 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/pen-net-public-sector-securities-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 2,479.0 £m | −63.5 |
| Q3 2018 | 3,992.0 £m | −47.6 |
| Q2 2018 | 6,118.0 £m | 17.0 |
| Q1 2018 | 5,571.0 £m | 30.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 6,798.0 £m | −16.7 |
| Q3 2017 | 7,618.0 £m | 11.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 5,227.0 £m | −71.4 |
| Q1 2017 | 4,278.0 £m | −48.5 |
| Q4 2016 | 8,161.0 £m | 298.5 |
| Q3 2016 | 6,823.0 £m | 50.2 |
| Q2 2016 | 18,293 £m | 102.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 8,300.0 £m | 77.7 |
| Q4 2015 | 2,048.0 £m | — |
| Q3 2015 | 4,542.0 £m | 174.8 |
| Q2 2015 | 9,050.0 £m | 28.6 |
| Q1 2015 | 4,671.0 £m | −35.4 |
| Q4 2014 | −2,183.0 £m | −177.2 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,653.0 £m | −71.0 |
| Q2 2014 | 7,036.0 £m | 116.0 |
| Q1 2014 | 7,228.0 £m | 32.5 |
| Q4 2013 | 2,828.0 £m | −40.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 5,697.0 £m | 275.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 3,258.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2013 | 5,454.0 £m | 482.7 |

## API

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

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