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

Publications

Data

  • Weekly shipping indicators

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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Value Added Tax (VAT) flash estimates

    Monthly data showing Value Added Tax (VAT) flash estimate turnover diffusion indices using data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) VAT returns. These are official statistics in development. Source: HMRC

  • 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.

  • 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.

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