NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Healthcare Policy Series ID: EMVHEALTHCAREPOL Source: Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick, Davis, Stephen J. Release: Economic Policy Uncertainty (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index Date Range: 1985-01-01 to 2024-03-01 Last Updated: 2024-04-08 8:02 AM CDT Notes: The Equity Market Volatility tracker moves with the VIX and with the realized volatility of returns on the S&P 500. For more information, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2019), 'Policy News and Stack Market Volatility' (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/Policy%20News%20and%20Stock%20Market%20Volatility.pdf) DATE VALUE 1985-01-01 0.48446 1985-02-01 0.97043 1985-03-01 0.24807 1985-04-01 0.07129 1985-05-01 0.19805 1985-06-01 0.13157 1985-07-01 0.16384 1985-08-01 0.00000 1985-09-01 0.07282 1985-10-01 0.00000 1985-11-01 0.21545 1985-12-01 0.12827 1986-01-01 0.32878 1986-02-01 0.16158 1986-03-01 0.20022 1986-04-01 0.26103 1986-05-01 0.41653 1986-06-01 0.42624 1986-07-01 0.21859 1986-08-01 0.47510 1986-09-01 0.13783 1986-10-01 0.25618 1986-11-01 0.31304 1986-12-01 0.17490 1987-01-01 0.23759 1987-02-01 0.23537 1987-03-01 0.31602 1987-04-01 0.51534 1987-05-01 0.58051 1987-06-01 0.33113 1987-07-01 0.10781 1987-08-01 0.62629 1987-09-01 0.48984 1987-10-01 0.82332 1987-11-01 1.51980 1987-12-01 0.65449 1988-01-01 0.65798 1988-02-01 0.44125 1988-03-01 0.20179 1988-04-01 0.60659 1988-05-01 0.66210 1988-06-01 0.50673 1988-07-01 0.42032 1988-08-01 0.43165 1988-09-01 0.15099 1988-10-01 0.62173 1988-11-01 0.86220 1988-12-01 0.59754 1989-01-01 0.49204 1989-02-01 0.45611 1989-03-01 0.18215 1989-04-01 0.18433 1989-05-01 0.30053 1989-06-01 0.49997 1989-07-01 0.31250 1989-08-01 0.36929 1989-09-01 0.44054 1989-10-01 0.23693 1989-11-01 0.25105 1989-12-01 0.45227 1990-01-01 0.38573 1990-02-01 0.35535 1990-03-01 0.22274 1990-04-01 0.24888 1990-05-01 0.29410 1990-06-01 0.34312 1990-07-01 0.45091 1990-08-01 0.00000 1990-09-01 0.35321 1990-10-01 0.56546 1990-11-01 0.37738 1990-12-01 0.32319 1991-01-01 0.20837 1991-02-01 0.58466 1991-03-01 0.16234 1991-04-01 0.43819 1991-05-01 0.57439 1991-06-01 0.82297 1991-07-01 0.34278 1991-08-01 0.42010 1991-09-01 0.68535 1991-10-01 0.41211 1991-11-01 0.43525 1991-12-01 0.40755 1992-01-01 0.60690 1992-02-01 0.73460 1992-03-01 0.71565 1992-04-01 0.48027 1992-05-01 0.37235 1992-06-01 0.43657 1992-07-01 0.24780 1992-08-01 0.21958 1992-09-01 0.42180 1992-10-01 0.49233 1992-11-01 0.24084 1992-12-01 0.43719 1993-01-01 0.50798 1993-02-01 0.77503 1993-03-01 0.49493 1993-04-01 0.59989 1993-05-01 0.45923 1993-06-01 0.73548 1993-07-01 0.40078 1993-08-01 0.73921 1993-09-01 0.92254 1993-10-01 0.61801 1993-11-01 0.16083 1993-12-01 0.05307 1994-01-01 0.20678 1994-02-01 0.32139 1994-03-01 0.41099 1994-04-01 0.34444 1994-05-01 0.25314 1994-06-01 0.44356 1994-07-01 0.28566 1994-08-01 0.71458 1994-09-01 0.28143 1994-10-01 0.80088 1994-11-01 0.36614 1994-12-01 0.40647 1995-01-01 0.32653 1995-02-01 0.50251 1995-03-01 0.32750 1995-04-01 0.27051 1995-05-01 0.59544 1995-06-01 0.34665 1995-07-01 0.12173 1995-08-01 0.22944 1995-09-01 0.48477 1995-10-01 0.76745 1995-11-01 0.64775 1995-12-01 0.84854 1996-01-01 1.32498 1996-02-01 0.56491 1996-03-01 0.58143 1996-04-01 0.29257 1996-05-01 0.44539 1996-06-01 0.53890 1996-07-01 0.62475 1996-08-01 0.87625 1996-09-01 0.55434 1996-10-01 0.61043 1996-11-01 0.90109 1996-12-01 1.24692 1997-01-01 1.64451 1997-02-01 1.04265 1997-03-01 0.63182 1997-04-01 1.10987 1997-05-01 0.73374 1997-06-01 1.15673 1997-07-01 0.80698 1997-08-01 0.78758 1997-09-01 0.94208 1997-10-01 1.05330 1997-11-01 0.67541 1997-12-01 0.98667 1998-01-01 1.17324 1998-02-01 0.78432 1998-03-01 0.58599 1998-04-01 0.88070 1998-05-01 0.90152 1998-06-01 0.46844 1998-07-01 0.83909 1998-08-01 0.87610 1998-09-01 0.94231 1998-10-01 0.97758 1998-11-01 1.58450 1998-12-01 1.04233 1999-01-01 2.42987 1999-02-01 1.18506 1999-03-01 0.96592 1999-04-01 1.01141 1999-05-01 0.48226 1999-06-01 0.75006 1999-07-01 1.33036 1999-08-01 0.94805 1999-09-01 0.86229 1999-10-01 1.25837 1999-11-01 0.95117 1999-12-01 0.47586 2000-01-01 0.81962 2000-02-01 0.52712 2000-03-01 0.45203 2000-04-01 0.97731 2000-05-01 2.05850 2000-06-01 0.57393 2000-07-01 0.49715 2000-08-01 0.95826 2000-09-01 0.75037 2000-10-01 1.53169 2000-11-01 0.78445 2000-12-01 0.88585 2001-01-01 0.60702 2001-02-01 1.00820 2001-03-01 0.99301 2001-04-01 0.58017 2001-05-01 1.02901 2001-06-01 0.43333 2001-07-01 0.67462 2001-08-01 0.50063 2001-09-01 0.84218 2001-10-01 1.44116 2001-11-01 0.63681 2001-12-01 0.53470 2002-01-01 0.65118 2002-02-01 0.23276 2002-03-01 0.62543 2002-04-01 0.34337 2002-05-01 0.42992 2002-06-01 0.64491 2002-07-01 1.24710 2002-08-01 1.24821 2002-09-01 1.31124 2002-10-01 1.02016 2002-11-01 1.47807 2002-12-01 0.78243 2003-01-01 1.92458 2003-02-01 0.66673 2003-03-01 0.75219 2003-04-01 0.91285 2003-05-01 0.64037 2003-06-01 1.32625 2003-07-01 0.95043 2003-08-01 0.80982 2003-09-01 0.48063 2003-10-01 0.76492 2003-11-01 0.43140 2003-12-01 0.37108 2004-01-01 0.63436 2004-02-01 0.46765 2004-03-01 0.33859 2004-04-01 0.61842 2004-05-01 0.73173 2004-06-01 0.41776 2004-07-01 0.22209 2004-08-01 0.56758 2004-09-01 0.61289 2004-10-01 1.14754 2004-11-01 0.94256 2004-12-01 1.03077 2005-01-01 0.78381 2005-02-01 0.55299 2005-03-01 0.81745 2005-04-01 0.76689 2005-05-01 0.61444 2005-06-01 0.47036 2005-07-01 0.37841 2005-08-01 0.39961 2005-09-01 0.38325 2005-10-01 0.77189 2005-11-01 0.36246 2005-12-01 0.72749 2006-01-01 0.45449 2006-02-01 0.35400 2006-03-01 0.65135 2006-04-01 0.48676 2006-05-01 0.26366 2006-06-01 0.51275 2006-07-01 0.63385 2006-08-01 0.39088 2006-09-01 0.73932 2006-10-01 0.57583 2006-11-01 0.87567 2006-12-01 0.65837 2007-01-01 0.81192 2007-02-01 0.60969 2007-03-01 0.68952 2007-04-01 0.63096 2007-05-01 0.72911 2007-06-01 0.55918 2007-07-01 0.56830 2007-08-01 0.98940 2007-09-01 0.65061 2007-10-01 0.48815 2007-11-01 0.52791 2007-12-01 0.56573 2008-01-01 1.06643 2008-02-01 0.61760 2008-03-01 0.66406 2008-04-01 0.32772 2008-05-01 0.56929 2008-06-01 0.48725 2008-07-01 0.67624 2008-08-01 0.73226 2008-09-01 1.49408 2008-10-01 2.31969 2008-11-01 1.92368 2008-12-01 0.89086 2009-01-01 1.01296 2009-02-01 1.79662 2009-03-01 1.31689 2009-04-01 0.93927 2009-05-01 1.30202 2009-06-01 0.71365 2009-07-01 0.71170 2009-08-01 0.71187 2009-09-01 0.41957 2009-10-01 0.58562 2009-11-01 0.68955 2009-12-01 0.75806 2010-01-01 1.11580 2010-02-01 0.72116 2010-03-01 0.80476 2010-04-01 0.79730 2010-05-01 0.55079 2010-06-01 0.73861 2010-07-01 0.81161 2010-08-01 0.37209 2010-09-01 0.57158 2010-10-01 0.29774 2010-11-01 0.68244 2010-12-01 0.43904 2011-01-01 1.31707 2011-02-01 0.70926 2011-03-01 0.64610 2011-04-01 0.83122 2011-05-01 0.53476 2011-06-01 0.71105 2011-07-01 3.08410 2011-08-01 3.95168 2011-09-01 0.95161 2011-10-01 1.20204 2011-11-01 1.57467 2011-12-01 1.01333 2012-01-01 1.69226 2012-02-01 0.99652 2012-03-01 0.67330 2012-04-01 0.52950 2012-05-01 0.66849 2012-06-01 1.71116 2012-07-01 0.51458 2012-08-01 1.42058 2012-09-01 0.79337 2012-10-01 0.72735 2012-11-01 1.63235 2012-12-01 1.42774 2013-01-01 1.27454 2013-02-01 2.98747 2013-03-01 1.79573 2013-04-01 0.45411 2013-05-01 1.14308 2013-06-01 0.73214 2013-07-01 1.25802 2013-08-01 0.46402 2013-09-01 1.31462 2013-10-01 2.34127 2013-11-01 0.79294 2013-12-01 1.19557 2014-01-01 1.25719 2014-02-01 0.42634 2014-03-01 1.19112 2014-04-01 1.04070 2014-05-01 0.76021 2014-06-01 0.43646 2014-07-01 0.95291 2014-08-01 0.72291 2014-09-01 0.39152 2014-10-01 0.60926 2014-11-01 0.38597 2014-12-01 0.79059 2015-01-01 1.35277 2015-02-01 0.73118 2015-03-01 0.46493 2015-04-01 0.67944 2015-05-01 0.34971 2015-06-01 0.40816 2015-07-01 0.71424 2015-08-01 0.23146 2015-09-01 0.36659 2015-10-01 0.46146 2015-11-01 0.49218 2015-12-01 0.44694 2016-01-01 0.67585 2016-02-01 1.12126 2016-03-01 0.77519 2016-04-01 0.36528 2016-05-01 0.77666 2016-06-01 0.76717 2016-07-01 0.35830 2016-08-01 0.40952 2016-09-01 0.42220 2016-10-01 0.99123 2016-11-01 1.49210 2016-12-01 0.39903 2017-01-01 1.65946 2017-02-01 1.43689 2017-03-01 1.52024 2017-04-01 1.41989 2017-05-01 0.48355 2017-06-01 0.55077 2017-07-01 0.44160 2017-08-01 1.06146 2017-09-01 0.60349 2017-10-01 0.53673 2017-11-01 0.36872 2017-12-01 2.59099 2018-01-01 0.84083 2018-02-01 0.73627 2018-03-01 0.54654 2018-04-01 0.41604 2018-05-01 1.02057 2018-06-01 0.33987 2018-07-01 0.23508 2018-08-01 0.11267 2018-09-01 0.46224 2018-10-01 0.71318 2018-11-01 1.97713 2018-12-01 2.71676 2019-01-01 0.88731 2019-02-01 0.37621 2019-03-01 1.03118 2019-04-01 0.31086 2019-05-01 0.37793 2019-06-01 0.41518 2019-07-01 0.68094 2019-08-01 0.58544 2019-09-01 0.43901 2019-10-01 0.31889 2019-11-01 1.35016 2019-12-01 0.78707 2020-01-01 0.26370 2020-02-01 1.33937 2020-03-01 6.38550 2020-04-01 3.16384 2020-05-01 2.09010 2020-06-01 0.93089 2020-07-01 0.77775 2020-08-01 2.93455 2020-09-01 0.92338 2020-10-01 2.40728 2020-11-01 1.37660 2020-12-01 0.84802 2021-01-01 1.71530 2021-02-01 0.80376 2021-03-01 1.76241 2021-04-01 1.61280 2021-05-01 0.61350 2021-06-01 2.38240 2021-07-01 0.72804 2021-08-01 1.20603 2021-09-01 0.67569 2021-10-01 0.32269 2021-11-01 0.99947 2021-12-01 0.89457 2022-01-01 0.72686 2022-02-01 0.47314 2022-03-01 0.80405 2022-04-01 0.31735 2022-05-01 0.60570 2022-06-01 0.66283 2022-07-01 0.95593 2022-08-01 1.52290 2022-09-01 0.61092 2022-10-01 1.88373 2022-11-01 0.54907 2022-12-01 0.31882 2023-01-01 1.20844 2023-02-01 0.88804 2023-03-01 1.34161 2023-04-01 1.11593 2023-05-01 3.39985 2023-06-01 0.00000 2023-07-01 0.34819 2023-08-01 0.42147 2023-09-01 1.12921 2023-10-01 1.02740 2023-11-01 1.76628 2023-12-01 0.74064 2024-01-01 0.00000 2024-02-01 1.71229 2024-03-01 1.90631