Output

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

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2025 Q4

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Consumer activity slowed compared with January 2026, as both total retail footfall and the seasonally adjusted total Revolut debit card spending decreased by 4% and 2%, respectively, compared with January 2026 (BT Active Intelligence, Revolut). Section 3: Consumer behaviour.
The seasonally adjusted Direct Debit failure rate increased by 1% to 2.44%, compared with January 2026 (2.41%), and by 9% when compared with February 2025 (2.25%) (Vocalink and Pay.UK). Section 3: Consumer behaviour.
Business and workforce indicators were more positive than the previous month; a net 3% of firms reported a month-on-month increase in turnover, up 2-percentage points compared with January 2026, and the number of potential redundancies fell by 2% over the same period (HM Revenue and Customs Value Added Tax returns, Insolvency Service HR1 forms). Section 4: Business and workforce.

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Inclusive wealth and income accounts, UK

Estimates and analysis of economic progress, including a broader range of economic activities and assets than gross domestic product (GDP), like unpaid household services, ecosystem services, and more. These are official statistics in development.
Weekly shipping indicators

Weekly data showing ship visits to and from selected UK ports. These are official statistics in development. Source: exactEarth.
Automotive fuel spending

Weekly data showing estimated quantity of automotive fuel demand per average transaction in the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: Office for National Statistics calculations and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
System Price of electricity

Daily data showing the System Price of electricity and rolling seven-day average in Great Britain. These are official statistics in development. Source: Elexon.
System Average Price (SAP) of gas

Daily data showing System Average Price (SAP) of gas, and rolling seven-day average, traded in Great Britain over the On-the-Day Commodity Market (OCM). These are official statistics in development. Source: National Gas Transmission.
Business insights and impact on the UK economy confidence intervals

Confidence intervals for weighted estimates from the voluntary fortnightly Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) about financial performance, workforce, prices, trade, and business resilience. These are official statistics in development.

Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 19 March 2026

Data on the UK economy and society. These faster indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources, and innovative methods. These are official statistics in development.
Index of Production, UK: January 2026

Movements in the volume of production for UK production industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management.
Index of Services, UK: January 2026

Movements in the volume of output for the UK services industries. Figures are seasonally adjusted.
GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: July to September 2025

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.

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Impact of the increase in electricity and gas prices between 2021 and 2024 on energy-intensive industries in the UK.
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Updated UK industry-to-industry payment flows from anonymised, aggregated Bacs Payment System Direct Debit, Bacs Direct Credit and Faster Payment System payments.
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.