# United Kingdom UT: ACQ: government securities: Sterling: Index-linked (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom UT: ACQ: government securities: Sterling: Index-linked (ended 2018) () was down 18.1% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with −5.2% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 1,720.0 £m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −49.1% (Q4 2015) to 220.1% (Q4 2008), averaging 20.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-RBNN.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-UNITTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1984-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (140 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ut-acq-government-securities-sterling-index-linked-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 1,720.0 £m | −18.1 |
| Q3 2018 | 1,790.0 £m | −5.2 |
| Q2 2018 | 1,604.0 £m | −42.2 |
| Q1 2018 | 1,435.0 £m | −40.1 |
| Q4 2017 | 2,099.0 £m | 11.9 |
| Q3 2017 | 1,888.0 £m | 39.5 |
| Q2 2017 | 2,777.0 £m | 71.7 |
| Q1 2017 | 2,395.0 £m | 72.1 |
| Q4 2016 | 1,876.0 £m | 64.9 |
| Q3 2016 | 1,353.0 £m | −6.8 |
| Q2 2016 | 1,617.0 £m | 34.1 |
| Q1 2016 | 1,392.0 £m | −49.0 |
| Q4 2015 | 1,138.0 £m | −49.1 |
| Q3 2015 | 1,451.0 £m | −13.0 |
| Q2 2015 | 1,206.0 £m | −47.5 |
| Q1 2015 | 2,731.0 £m | −4.0 |
| Q4 2014 | 2,234.0 £m | 63.7 |
| Q3 2014 | 1,668.0 £m | −12.3 |
| Q2 2014 | 2,298.0 £m | 0.4 |
| Q1 2014 | 2,845.0 £m | 1.6 |
| Q4 2013 | 1,365.0 £m | −35.6 |
| Q3 2013 | 1,901.0 £m | −36.8 |
| Q2 2013 | 2,288.0 £m | −6.0 |
| Q1 2013 | 2,800.0 £m | −1.5 |

## API

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

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