Summary

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

• Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 25 November 2021

  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

• Weekly shipping indicators

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

• 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.

• Online job advert estimates

  Weekly snapshot of online job advert indices covering the UK job market. These are official statistics in development. Source: Adzuna.

• Traffic camera activity

  Daily data showing weekday adjusted 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. These are official statistics in development. Source: Transport for London, Transport for Greater Manchester

• Daily UK flights

  Daily data showing UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: EUROCONTROL.

• 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.

• Daily vehicle flows around ports

  Daily data showing vehicle flows around major ports in England. Contains average 15-minute sensor counts by size of vehicle, and average speeds.

• UK spending on credit and debit cards

  Daily, weekly and monthly data showing seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted UK spending using debit and credit cards. These are official statistics in development. Source: CHAPS, Bank of England.

• Company incorporations, voluntary dissolutions and compulsory dissolutions

  Weekly data showing the number of Companies House incorporations, voluntary dissolutions accepted, and companies placed into compulsory dissolution in the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: Companies House.

• Vehicle flows around ports

  Monthly data showing vehicle flows around major ports in England. Contains average 15-minute sensor counts by size of vehicle, and average speeds.

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