Summary

Early experimental data and analysis on economic activity and social change in the UK. These real-time indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources and experimental methods.

Publications

• Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 14 November 2024

  Early data on the UK economy and society. These faster indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources and innovative methods. These are official statistics in development.

Data

• Weekly shipping indicators

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

• Automotive fuel spending

  Weekly data showing estimated quantity of automotive fuel demand per average transaction in the UK. These are official statistics in development.

• System Price of electricity

  Daily data showing the System Price of electricity, and rolling seven-day average, in Great Britain. These are official statistics in development. Source: Elexon.

• System Average Price (SAP) of gas

  Daily data showing System Average Price (SAP) of gas, and rolling seven-day average, traded in Great Britain over the On-the-Day Commodity Market (OCM). These are official statistics in development. Source: National Gas Transmission.

• Daily UK flights

  Daily data showing UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: EUROCONTROL.

• Monthly Direct Debit failure rate and average transaction amount

  Monthly data showing the Direct Debit failure rate and average Direct Debit transaction amount in the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: Pay.UK and Vocalink.

• UK credit and debit card payments

  Weekly and monthly UK credit and debit card payments for a sample of relevant merchants from the Bank of England. These are official statistics in development. Source: Bank of England and ONS calculations.

• 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.

• Renter affordability for new tenancies

  Monthly data showing the proportion of gross income spent on rent for new tenancies across the UK, from Dataloft Rental Market Analytics (DRMA). These are official statistics in development. Source: Dataloft. Dataloft is a PriceHubble company.

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