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: Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: National security Series ID: EPUNATSEC 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: 2024-05-01 8:01 AM CDT Notes: The EPU Categorical Data include a range of sub-indexes based solely on news data. These are derived using results from the Access World News database of over 2,000 US newspapers. For further explanation, please see the source page on Categorical EPU data (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/categorical_epu.html). DATE VALUE 1985-01-01 179.699854198422430 1985-02-01 124.859497910545060 1985-03-01 63.269264091731890 1985-04-01 85.627432032719650 1985-05-01 109.383121792968610 1985-06-01 161.620298666131650 1985-07-01 155.979407646792200 1985-08-01 106.075934161794700 1985-09-01 83.631037229054900 1985-10-01 42.839395050722600 1985-11-01 114.997808686754440 1985-12-01 119.286005449484120 1986-01-01 146.611485133830540 1986-02-01 144.611633887035900 1986-03-01 116.294130147785320 1986-04-01 118.078547587769480 1986-05-01 122.083396958555400 1986-06-01 110.194017001685000 1986-07-01 72.752076043946320 1986-08-01 92.039213997514170 1986-09-01 110.496792733252900 1986-10-01 139.488873029733180 1986-11-01 93.143067953754850 1986-12-01 70.944881778144250 1987-01-01 93.943346343230500 1987-02-01 67.029182331623160 1987-03-01 41.852560546346915 1987-04-01 90.874360503494900 1987-05-01 89.338718037067660 1987-06-01 113.312422830162890 1987-07-01 64.421933031300900 1987-08-01 62.344884753564200 1987-09-01 80.659156587580570 1987-10-01 175.698721446508100 1987-11-01 160.538717402837400 1987-12-01 124.228008212758350 1988-01-01 93.616046103284970 1988-02-01 63.720563418664625 1988-03-01 78.531158141110000 1988-04-01 68.705534078592100 1988-05-01 110.591105667521150 1988-06-01 90.952770661249360 1988-07-01 95.915546990559430 1988-08-01 80.015002382296160 1988-09-01 70.965495061598150 1988-10-01 108.536602581112830 1988-11-01 110.704324231087140 1988-12-01 83.867659312013600 1989-01-01 108.355994008602780 1989-02-01 61.566241167578980 1989-03-01 41.656019575689854 1989-04-01 99.468633897398930 1989-05-01 90.130355219421790 1989-06-01 75.761240007411930 1989-07-01 124.385017802365580 1989-08-01 80.091913860994740 1989-09-01 51.533538476178700 1989-10-01 79.587150132965600 1989-11-01 117.434170267297150 1989-12-01 135.364743730991500 1990-01-01 144.067442948828730 1990-02-01 140.182506595820300 1990-03-01 93.076332832319840 1990-04-01 78.350354590561140 1990-05-01 118.272186452948200 1990-06-01 97.574674431612510 1990-07-01 123.091452213942720 1990-08-01 284.222691126449400 1990-09-01 236.159131915663600 1990-10-01 235.955874761799460 1990-11-01 289.699057722469260 1990-12-01 269.030075388123240 1991-01-01 758.263409946824500 1991-02-01 234.867141887294000 1991-03-01 298.710496209639530 1991-04-01 133.757303358998260 1991-05-01 93.187390609121020 1991-06-01 89.741110804904680 1991-07-01 102.766714114453380 1991-08-01 130.639790899318260 1991-09-01 106.331760877354030 1991-10-01 113.524032403176240 1991-11-01 143.457945366364730 1991-12-01 239.966414916041150 1992-01-01 206.206378090228550 1992-02-01 165.912188723507060 1992-03-01 141.119013614412440 1992-04-01 96.176962854721350 1992-05-01 73.372979135126670 1992-06-01 129.043155344394450 1992-07-01 110.936245417552170 1992-08-01 180.146578457713930 1992-09-01 145.577316373027600 1992-10-01 197.279963968714300 1992-11-01 183.638256354769820 1992-12-01 95.238586772465800 1993-01-01 132.457369259708500 1993-02-01 73.962908679195270 1993-03-01 132.979827105996800 1993-04-01 100.657111643774660 1993-05-01 122.358626502359730 1993-06-01 107.237416565379450 1993-07-01 98.991126718504820 1993-08-01 76.235306913675440 1993-09-01 119.963026301452440 1993-10-01 68.636542838018660 1993-11-01 88.072398056907990 1993-12-01 106.943074098966730 1994-01-01 90.655975148123550 1994-02-01 92.086463095263070 1994-03-01 80.163320556187020 1994-04-01 64.462946373161000 1994-05-01 82.052156943357000 1994-06-01 86.958243901311140 1994-07-01 93.652096652659470 1994-08-01 65.174008415595920 1994-09-01 132.023352804304470 1994-10-01 78.067879838214130 1994-11-01 122.793401600259810 1994-12-01 70.219512237586500 1995-01-01 64.053067796582310 1995-02-01 137.127433915354860 1995-03-01 73.519757423369090 1995-04-01 63.083521708038816 1995-05-01 56.589340934423795 1995-06-01 83.521289009003720 1995-07-01 71.138059019027660 1995-08-01 35.166358424334355 1995-09-01 41.881504855103920 1995-10-01 55.568817257418154 1995-11-01 51.637643315928706 1995-12-01 69.127104084231590 1996-01-01 53.973425290538740 1996-02-01 73.198912535923440 1996-03-01 45.958621889627690 1996-04-01 57.925192244685200 1996-05-01 70.916326627843350 1996-06-01 69.590373031277680 1996-07-01 31.042627291529690 1996-08-01 64.541045139577750 1996-09-01 67.945736849120520 1996-10-01 65.665308721506220 1996-11-01 56.062211719829264 1996-12-01 49.102964919037260 1997-01-01 55.225480451021540 1997-02-01 58.145706860476800 1997-03-01 55.081698376387220 1997-04-01 41.262903788545180 1997-05-01 52.482709878615280 1997-06-01 51.974558409367730 1997-07-01 48.329341990804764 1997-08-01 43.943703017655250 1997-09-01 26.122641091666330 1997-10-01 30.073177559366044 1997-11-01 66.897977792752800 1997-12-01 42.466004422360600 1998-01-01 68.194089629305450 1998-02-01 54.960234336484300 1998-03-01 35.562873534959120 1998-04-01 53.146756463465230 1998-05-01 65.107460756126730 1998-06-01 36.029548193156070 1998-07-01 44.220560703250620 1998-08-01 105.566133278385350 1998-09-01 110.335396521693610 1998-10-01 59.451003229816640 1998-11-01 48.487403586007510 1998-12-01 53.223139226901330 1999-01-01 62.655890894825305 1999-02-01 50.434870899287496 1999-03-01 37.899506990037360 1999-04-01 47.732407909391895 1999-05-01 55.000138923125654 1999-06-01 37.585713284169770 1999-07-01 57.779312694306306 1999-08-01 35.759234313279170 1999-09-01 46.404590825171180 1999-10-01 40.511728002660796 1999-11-01 44.393172521513550 1999-12-01 43.684513062517220 2000-01-01 67.453224725605150 2000-02-01 25.828318638237498 2000-03-01 51.693588063994945 2000-04-01 36.651359076784100 2000-05-01 40.437900714643400 2000-06-01 42.632995024892345 2000-07-01 25.651400606791068 2000-08-01 32.508921006155320 2000-09-01 52.344546128545950 2000-10-01 56.008025198681466 2000-11-01 93.184761183218330 2000-12-01 99.474784863972060 2001-01-01 69.953591783124220 2001-02-01 83.454388736396410 2001-03-01 31.946482784576090 2001-04-01 39.081729012257085 2001-05-01 38.615130724620070 2001-06-01 36.815179718372270 2001-07-01 46.639222815684240 2001-08-01 31.038430626289955 2001-09-01 537.983064600441500 2001-10-01 474.058850830470650 2001-11-01 267.560536221621760 2001-12-01 193.070691721117330 2002-01-01 194.750249588398760 2002-02-01 108.222265095771760 2002-03-01 74.768845949087110 2002-04-01 77.544876990914760 2002-05-01 64.827447570811860 2002-06-01 79.168242719778380 2002-07-01 133.005008817946130 2002-08-01 105.073276260284620 2002-09-01 341.922306410692000 2002-10-01 239.949115257508800 2002-11-01 302.373468802033200 2002-12-01 330.882463241143500 2003-01-01 393.357192991904360 2003-02-01 523.546480006538100 2003-03-01 593.459984864565900 2003-04-01 336.170558425521400 2003-05-01 210.052929796204240 2003-06-01 111.847964376698630 2003-07-01 97.458048635363780 2003-08-01 96.882459093011390 2003-09-01 111.461244946835170 2003-10-01 94.753206094289180 2003-11-01 76.491115104034340 2003-12-01 90.623615930106640 2004-01-01 145.236966435846200 2004-02-01 102.397803951110990 2004-03-01 84.913156969099400 2004-04-01 65.881412161984170 2004-05-01 100.767259256767220 2004-06-01 88.093917804758960 2004-07-01 75.049071987690300 2004-08-01 115.682762034635090 2004-09-01 120.037563448430290 2004-10-01 172.223240623344140 2004-11-01 122.030587215185830 2004-12-01 32.956613864374724 2005-01-01 71.046179486736150 2005-02-01 87.954955026004710 2005-03-01 60.937327375339490 2005-04-01 46.305997396809510 2005-05-01 55.010829226662760 2005-06-01 37.724847223251750 2005-07-01 42.420409551962310 2005-08-01 67.913771870624100 2005-09-01 58.314858668979830 2005-10-01 52.036604626016730 2005-11-01 63.273425801416160 2005-12-01 45.167428134349920 2006-01-01 63.927371787193046 2006-02-01 52.292765108748390 2006-03-01 53.089282043545970 2006-04-01 53.962306598193564 2006-05-01 49.651101272071685 2006-06-01 45.537332865560730 2006-07-01 55.521736800947000 2006-08-01 42.389382641429660 2006-09-01 41.797267844483870 2006-10-01 58.791551343337250 2006-11-01 55.972352294915460 2006-12-01 43.622349178120636 2007-01-01 61.908191696563940 2007-02-01 36.156294460893044 2007-03-01 44.058013744907360 2007-04-01 33.509571152526775 2007-05-01 38.465504436132896 2007-06-01 40.193126223326736 2007-07-01 35.611516295156310 2007-08-01 39.431078618703620 2007-09-01 43.167642735428394 2007-10-01 43.061015459053590 2007-11-01 45.314330851334950 2007-12-01 48.827666067312820 2008-01-01 140.034061174180180 2008-02-01 93.619053596853770 2008-03-01 76.406485081438160 2008-04-01 55.397072386271006 2008-05-01 43.676709141292896 2008-06-01 70.877583087496590 2008-07-01 81.483680610044440 2008-08-01 77.389359509238420 2008-09-01 152.949364789231250 2008-10-01 193.726133306925800 2008-11-01 187.552462374562230 2008-12-01 95.214927603130930 2009-01-01 124.979847993198020 2009-02-01 87.447956614060460 2009-03-01 83.268213846432830 2009-04-01 61.308251723986500 2009-05-01 56.695022960271890 2009-06-01 36.829177265626820 2009-07-01 55.264407484901220 2009-08-01 33.555757614183015 2009-09-01 47.191385135017030 2009-10-01 23.737116979418600 2009-11-01 64.525544772148450 2009-12-01 68.886812175676200 2010-01-01 95.224234245406700 2010-02-01 52.463279280618870 2010-03-01 40.233000356484800 2010-04-01 39.725717335965500 2010-05-01 60.804934318561656 2010-06-01 72.290310800956650 2010-07-01 97.223933698527320 2010-08-01 86.216517818759530 2010-09-01 111.076971545225720 2010-10-01 159.174730540344230 2010-11-01 101.796560107469560 2010-12-01 58.916940163501020 2011-01-01 63.847646765808430 2011-02-01 69.261197024457050 2011-03-01 76.142583816161660 2011-04-01 67.542698445377180 2011-05-01 67.194540205968020 2011-06-01 54.134602568517664 2011-07-01 68.378950989503920 2011-08-01 107.606448875735940 2011-09-01 102.432904487711000 2011-10-01 62.814757909511805 2011-11-01 80.172329177520810 2011-12-01 124.273168178275530 2012-01-01 78.979966500076190 2012-02-01 56.454767092770930 2012-03-01 50.992886522236150 2012-04-01 36.922470570381090 2012-05-01 66.082555579821870 2012-06-01 49.738346479920780 2012-07-01 68.818581786896020 2012-08-01 102.952577894309290 2012-09-01 95.241831068468640 2012-10-01 129.024272198219650 2012-11-01 142.676353971470630 2012-12-01 92.401484033179400 2013-01-01 128.484453876774150 2013-02-01 105.801190741477340 2013-03-01 67.232096634125870 2013-04-01 38.559535829569610 2013-05-01 31.160853217277440 2013-06-01 36.726216613324850 2013-07-01 91.145833625431920 2013-08-01 59.246207554792570 2013-09-01 109.370161319039500 2013-10-01 109.681850870416980 2013-11-01 43.774382654834440 2013-12-01 47.146121082052936 2014-01-01 52.714428536870216 2014-02-01 71.770266571565800 2014-03-01 66.116351530167600 2014-04-01 25.908572167567790 2014-05-01 33.331401531154720 2014-06-01 30.318628401249890 2014-07-01 51.752608000070765 2014-08-01 26.374166197887150 2014-09-01 40.884068907198120 2014-10-01 56.633730964226600 2014-11-01 29.157092023052513 2014-12-01 35.203097817345560 2015-01-01 64.128981011601770 2015-02-01 42.009291062566970 2015-03-01 46.217765157390270 2015-04-01 65.439654686410880 2015-05-01 30.431166049948157 2015-06-01 27.274029394270180 2015-07-01 63.391899331883910 2015-08-01 45.790931962042684 2015-09-01 42.764200928329430 2015-10-01 38.807453433956330 2015-11-01 39.303890050400420 2015-12-01 57.976289110605336 2016-01-01 59.474393313448850 2016-02-01 36.608202308942100 2016-03-01 32.680155942873940 2016-04-01 27.241643454380640 2016-05-01 34.941675397093030 2016-06-01 88.386838442739910 2016-07-01 79.212829140313120 2016-08-01 48.664119492816390 2016-09-01 36.490966994236790 2016-10-01 46.808763171300214 2016-11-01 138.720620417542650 2016-12-01 134.761414872774300 2017-01-01 112.851375792317580 2017-02-01 94.471685669931990 2017-03-01 114.615142384471910 2017-04-01 68.806842591858900 2017-05-01 88.873550793484630 2017-06-01 46.218694300658130 2017-07-01 62.327569842977160 2017-08-01 49.691929393307590 2017-09-01 48.592123415136590 2017-10-01 44.885792229945950 2017-11-01 79.323877137388880 2017-12-01 64.481937836910920 2018-01-01 111.175358582390540 2018-02-01 32.657468903776774 2018-03-01 95.712855260404770 2018-04-01 132.415849276599230 2018-05-01 102.661424368993990 2018-06-01 155.604752540193230 2018-07-01 164.702381531619100 2018-08-01 78.210823707920900 2018-09-01 64.999375202273460 2018-10-01 103.293914725215690 2018-11-01 78.719534920493630 2018-12-01 140.927953657923470 2019-01-01 176.279472052451300 2019-02-01 73.043687010786910 2019-03-01 72.851599258883040 2019-04-01 44.406701661450940 2019-05-01 145.448132331432360 2019-06-01 182.420767790001600 2019-07-01 93.468431225291940 2019-08-01 318.142537206571260 2019-09-01 176.036747848368830 2019-10-01 169.245690745366830 2019-11-01 104.537328304122910 2019-12-01 142.701075467012170 2020-01-01 117.756636729644530 2020-02-01 111.141051098746460 2020-03-01 289.280121248357260 2020-04-01 232.081979401413660 2020-05-01 198.187176869084800 2020-06-01 150.595433645015130 2020-07-01 116.486495876366060 2020-08-01 103.522145892535400 2020-09-01 137.845947306042550 2020-10-01 95.426135006335700 2020-11-01 169.058055388528700 2020-12-01 71.131372380256110 2021-01-01 121.205851030165190 2021-02-01 64.445130196354300 2021-03-01 41.921736109120054 2021-04-01 59.659348171529420 2021-05-01 54.606681601030280 2021-06-01 37.983819860663190 2021-07-01 59.283367072303020 2021-08-01 70.772554823261760 2021-09-01 82.311873388893560 2021-10-01 35.348155655208615 2021-11-01 129.833938140762140 2021-12-01 63.027074658292776 2022-01-01 80.148341674826380 2022-02-01 132.127845184673500 2022-03-01 307.080187131370340 2022-04-01 179.595611472254700 2022-05-01 175.438377290132280 2022-06-01 114.129927033533580 2022-07-01 121.032181952233090 2022-08-01 92.352642567148500 2022-09-01 75.120021300291100 2022-10-01 124.302135870667310 2022-11-01 80.298345833370020 2022-12-01 82.079068841850810 2023-01-01 80.667359966937950 2023-02-01 97.991281777561870 2023-03-01 59.208812476978935 2023-04-01 92.573127281750520 2023-05-01 139.480547657528580 2023-06-01 59.666649408890870 2023-07-01 71.087052574327630 2023-08-01 50.892183377889310 2023-09-01 72.054952665676140 2023-10-01 104.080733636714230 2023-11-01 90.514210409198870 2023-12-01 130.705832973219120 2024-01-01 86.308368757501260 2024-02-01 149.436880407463350 2024-03-01 93.172540681346580