Summary

The indicators use big, closer-to-real-time datasets of activity and are available up to one month in advance of official estimates of gross domestic product.

Publications

• Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey questions: 6 April 2020 to 19 April 2020

  Questions from wave 3 of the Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey for the period 6 April to 19 April 2020 relating to the Coronavirus, the UK economy and society, faster indicators weekly bulletin.

• Coronavirus, the UK economy and society, faster indicators: 30 April 2020

  New data and experimental indicators on the UK economy and society, including information related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Indicators are constructed from 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).

Methodology

• Online price changes for high-demand products methodology

  Latest quality and methodology information for online price indices for high-demand products from several, large UK retailers. These are experimental data created as part of the faster indicators release in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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