Release

Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society: 7 January 2021

Released: 7 January 2021 9:30am
Next release: 14 January 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.

  • 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

Contact details

Name

David Matthewson

Email

faster.indicators@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0) 1633 455612