A monthly survey of about 2,000 people whose jobs put them in touch with consumers and firms: taxi drivers, shop staff, restaurant managers, recruiters. The diffusion index for current conditions is 50 when as many see things improving as worsening.
Threshold source: Cabinet Office: 50 is neutral. The 45 line is a worldstat.us construction; the survey fell below it in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2020, with and without a recession. How thresholds are chosen
A sentiment survey with a short lead. Read from a legacy spreadsheet on the publisher's site, so a change in its layout stops the series until the reader is updated.