Release

Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society: 11 February 2021

Released: 11 February 2021 9:30am
Next release: 18 February 2021

Summary

Early experimental data on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the UK economy and society. These faster indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources and experimental methods.

Publications

Data

  • Weekly shipping indicators

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

  • Online weekly price changes

    The online price changes for a selection of food and drink products from several large UK retailers. These data are experimental estimates developed to deliver timely indicators to help better understand real time economic activity and social change in the UK.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Economic activity, faster indicators, UK

    The datasets associated with the Faster indicators of UK economic activity research output.

Contact details

Name

Issie Davies

Email

faster.indicators@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 451583