Summary

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

Publications

• Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society: 2 July 2020

  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.

Data

• Weekly shipping indicators

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

• Online price changes for high-demand products

  The online price changes of selected high-demand products (HDPs) dataset. These data are experimental estimates developed to deliver timely indicators to help understand the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

• Online job advert estimates

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

Methodology

• Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators methodology

  Methodology for the data collection, aggregation, analysis and presentation for the real-time indicators bulletin.

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