Many weekly economic indicators stayed off their recent peaks after a surge earlier in August. The number of people making retail and recreation visits was lower, showed anonymized mobility data from search engine giant Google. Shopping for essentials too showed a dip. The company tracks people’s visits to various categories of places.

       The exercise is carried out across the world. It helps provide a picture of how people are moving during the Covid-19 pandemic. The latest data is as of August 28th (see chart 1). The amount of electricity generated in the country was growing ...