# United Kingdom UT: ACQ: government securities: Sterling: Other than index-linked (ended 2018) ()

United Kingdom UT: ACQ: government securities: Sterling: Other than index-linked (ended 2018) () was up 31.0% year on year in Q4 2018, compared with 17.8% in Q3 2018.
The level stood at 14,480 £m.
That is the highest reading since Q2 2017.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −54.5% (Q4 2012) to 65.3% (Q4 2016), averaging 6.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-K5HR.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-UNITTRUSTS`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2018-10-01 (76 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/ut-acq-government-securities-sterling-other-than-index-linked-ended-2018

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q4 2018 | 14,480 £m | 31.0 |
| Q3 2018 | 17,457 £m | 17.8 |
| Q2 2018 | 13,771 £m | −16.7 |
| Q1 2018 | 12,974 £m | −1.2 |
| Q4 2017 | 11,055 £m | −32.1 |
| Q3 2017 | 14,821 £m | 7.7 |
| Q2 2017 | 16,534 £m | 43.0 |
| Q1 2017 | 13,133 £m | 36.6 |
| Q4 2016 | 16,289 £m | 65.3 |
| Q3 2016 | 13,757 £m | 25.7 |
| Q2 2016 | 11,564 £m | 16.2 |
| Q1 2016 | 9,614.0 £m | −28.3 |
| Q4 2015 | 9,852.0 £m | −10.5 |
| Q3 2015 | 10,940 £m | −17.2 |
| Q2 2015 | 9,950.0 £m | −20.1 |
| Q1 2015 | 13,401 £m | −25.6 |
| Q4 2014 | 11,010 £m | 18.4 |
| Q3 2014 | 13,205 £m | 18.9 |
| Q2 2014 | 12,447 £m | 11.7 |
| Q1 2014 | 18,020 £m | 58.4 |
| Q4 2013 | 9,297.0 £m | 19.7 |
| Q3 2013 | 11,103 £m | 7.7 |
| Q2 2013 | 11,147 £m | −4.9 |
| Q1 2013 | 11,373 £m | −26.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-K5HR.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-UNITTRUSTS"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.INSTINVEST.Q.NSA.ITEM-K5HR.MEASURE-ACQUISITIONS.SECTOR-UNITTRUSTS",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```