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

• Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society: 8 April 2021

  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 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.

• 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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