Economic Activity And Social Change In The UK, Real-time Indicators: 20 June 2024
22nd June 2024
Overall retail footfall remained broadly unchanged in the week to 16 June 2024 when compared with the previous week but was 4% lower when compared with the equivalent week of 2023 (MRI OnLocation). Section 3: Consumer behaviour.
The annual growth in automotive fuel prices was 4% in the week to 9 June 2024, remaining broadly unchanged when compared with the previous week (Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero). Section 3: Consumer behaviour.
Around one in five (22%) trading businesses reported that their turnover had decreased in May 2024 compared with April 2024, which was broadly stable from last month; in contrast, 17% reported that their turnover was higher, and 52% reported that turnover stayed the same (final results from wave 110 of the Business Insights and Conditions Survey).
The total number of online job adverts on 14 June 2024 increased by 1% from the level in the previous week but was 20% below the level in the equivalent period of 2023 (Adzuna). Section 4: Business and workforce.
In the week to 16 June 2024, the System Price of electricity increased by 45% compared with the previous week from a seven-day average price of 5.011 pence per kilowatt hour to 7.242 pence per kilowatt hour; meanwhile, the System Average Price (SAP) of gas increased by 1% from 2.822 pence per kilowatt hour to 2.840 pence per kilowatt hour (Elexon, National Gas Transmission). Section 5: Energy.
In the week to 16 June 2024, the daily average number of UK flights increased by 1% when compared with the previous week and was 5% higher than the equivalent week of 2023.
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