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.
Publications
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Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 13 January 2022
Early data and analysis for UK economy and society. Includes activity and change in business, spending, travel and jobs using rapid-response surveys, novel data sources and experimental methods.
Data
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Weekly shipping indicators
Experimental weekly and daily ship visits dataset covering UK ports.
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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).
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Online job advert estimates
Experimental job advert indices covering the UK job market.
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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.
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Daily UK flights
Experimental daily UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK.
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Value Added Tax (VAT)
Value Added Tax (VAT) turnover and expenditure diffusion indexes and new VAT reporters using data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) VAT returns.
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Shelf availability of items from UK shops
Data provided by Kantar Public, recording item availability of 21 popular products across the UK and English regions.
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UK spending on credit and debit cards
These data series are experimental real-time indicators for monitoring UK spending using debit and credit cards. They track the daily CHAPS payments made by credit and debit card payment processors to around 100 major UK retail corporates, based on data supplied by the Bank of England.
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Company incorporations, voluntary dissolutions and compulsory dissolutions
The number of Companies House incorporations and voluntary dissolutions accepted, and companies placed into compulsory dissolution: weekly dataset.