Output

Economic output and activity of the UK. Includes manufacturing, production and services, and other measures of economic activity.

Spotlight

105.4 Index, base year = 100

2023 Q2

Revolut debit card spending on "automotive fuel" fell by 3 percentage points in the week to 24 September 2023, the fourth consecutive week-on-week decrease; meanwhile, average fuel prices increased by 2 percentage points in the week to 17 September 2023, the ninth consecutive week-on-week increase (Revolut, Automotive fuel spending). Section 3: Consumer behaviour.
The total number of online job adverts increased by 3% on 22 September 2023 compared with the previous week, the third consecutive week-on-week increase, and was unchanged compared with level of the equivalent period last year (Adzuna). Section 4: Business and workforce.
Almost two-thirds (63%) of businesses not permanently stopped trading reported some form of concern for their business for October 2023; this figure has been gradually falling over the last 12 months (initial results from Wave 92 of the Business Insights and Conditions Survey). Section 4: Business and workforce.

A roundup of the latest data and trends on the economy, business and jobs

System Average Price (SAP) of gas

Daily and rolling average System Average Price (SAP) of gas traded in Great Britain over the On-the-Day Commodity Market (OCM).
Online job advert estimates

Experimental job advert indices covering the UK job market.
Traffic camera activity

Busyness indices using traffic camera data to monitor flows of cars, pedestrians, cyclists, buses and commercial vehicles for selected cities and regions of the UK. Experimental Statistics.
Advanced notification of potential redundancies

Number of potential redundancies from Insolvency Service HR1 forms and number of employers proposing redundancies, Great Britain.
Transactions at Pret A Manger

Weekly transactional data from approximately 400 Pret A Manger stores around the UK.
Revolut spending on debit cards

Experimental indices of Revolut debit card transaction data, UK. Includes sectoral, age and online versus in-store breakdowns. Daily seven-day averages updated weekly plus monthly averages.

GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: April to June 2023

Revised quarterly estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the UK. Uses additional data to provide a more precise indication of economic growth than the first estimate.
Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 24 June 2021

Early experimental data and analysis on economic activity and social change in the UK. These faster indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources, and experimental methods.
Index of Services, UK: July 2023

Movements in the volume of output for the UK services industries. Figures are seasonally adjusted.
Index of Production, UK: July 2023

Movements in the volume of production for UK production industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management.

Research Output: Economic activity, faster indicators, UK

This is a timely release of new, faster indicators of economic activity constructed from novel data sources.
Short-term indicators economic commentary

A summary of the latest economic data released on 11 January.
City Regions Article

This short article examines England’s eight largest city regions, outside of London. These city regions are of particular policy interest at the present time as the potential exists for each of them to negotiate an increase in devolved powers from central government, following the recent example of Greater Manchester. This article provides a short overview of key economic data for each of the city regions, with data for England and London shown for comparison purposes.
Volume index of capital services

This article presents new estimates of capital services, which are the preferred measure of capital input into production and for use in analysing and modelling productivity, as well as growth accounting analyses.

Includes population, identity, housing, people in or out of work, education and health.