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Title:               Discussion About Pandemics Index for United Kingdom
Series ID:           WPDIGBR
Source:              Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick, Furceri, Davide
Release:             World Uncertainty Index (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Quarterly
Units:               Index
Date Range:          1996-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated:        2024-04-15 2:34 PM CDT
Notes:               The index of discussion about pandemics is constructed by counting the
                     number of times a word related to pandemics is mentioned in the
                     Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Specifically, the index
                     is the percent of the words related to pandemic episodes in EIU
                     country reports, multiplied by 1,000. A higher number means higher
                     discussion about pandemics and vice versa.
                     
                     Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The
                     World Uncertainty Index'
                     (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3275033) for
                     additional explanation.

DATE           VALUE
1996-01-01  0.000000
1996-04-01  0.000000
1996-07-01  0.000000
1996-10-01  0.000000
1997-01-01  0.000000
1997-04-01  0.000000
1997-07-01  0.000000
1997-10-01  0.000000
1998-01-01  0.000000
1998-04-01  0.000000
1998-07-01  0.000000
1998-10-01  0.000000
1999-01-01  0.000000
1999-04-01  0.000000
1999-07-01  0.000000
1999-10-01  0.000000
2000-01-01  0.000000
2000-04-01  6.961849
2000-07-01  0.000000
2000-10-01  0.000000
2001-01-01  0.000000
2001-04-01  0.000000
2001-07-01  0.000000
2001-10-01  0.000000
2002-01-01  0.000000
2002-04-01  0.000000
2002-07-01  0.000000
2002-10-01  0.000000
2003-01-01  0.000000
2003-04-01  0.000000
2003-07-01  0.000000
2003-10-01  0.000000
2004-01-01  0.000000
2004-04-01  0.000000
2004-07-01  0.000000
2004-10-01  0.000000
2005-01-01  0.000000
2005-04-01  0.000000
2005-07-01  0.000000
2005-10-01  0.000000
2006-01-01  0.000000
2006-04-01  0.000000
2006-07-01  0.000000
2006-10-01  0.000000
2007-01-01  0.000000
2007-04-01  0.000000
2007-07-01  0.000000
2007-10-01  0.000000
2008-01-01  0.000000
2008-04-01  0.000000
2008-07-01  0.000000
2008-10-01  0.000000
2009-01-01  0.000000
2009-04-01  0.000000
2009-07-01  0.000000
2009-10-01  0.000000
2010-01-01  0.000000
2010-04-01  0.000000
2010-07-01  0.000000
2010-10-01  0.000000
2011-01-01  0.000000
2011-04-01  0.000000
2011-07-01  0.000000
2011-10-01  0.000000
2012-01-01  0.000000
2012-04-01  0.000000
2012-07-01  0.000000
2012-10-01  0.000000
2013-01-01  0.000000
2013-04-01  0.000000
2013-07-01  0.000000
2013-10-01  0.000000
2014-01-01  0.000000
2014-04-01  0.000000
2014-07-01  6.066857
2014-10-01 15.586040
2015-01-01  0.000000
2015-04-01  0.000000
2015-07-01  0.000000
2015-10-01  0.000000
2016-01-01  0.000000
2016-04-01  0.000000
2016-07-01  0.000000
2016-10-01  0.000000
2017-01-01  0.000000
2017-04-01  0.000000
2017-07-01  0.000000
2017-10-01  0.000000
2018-01-01  0.000000
2018-04-01  0.000000
2018-07-01  0.000000
2018-10-01  0.000000
2019-01-01  0.000000
2019-04-01  0.000000
2019-07-01  0.000000
2019-10-01  0.000000
2020-01-01 306.936800
2020-04-01 373.695300
2020-07-01 273.829700
2020-10-01 276.956800
2021-01-01 255.352600
2021-04-01 206.864700
2021-07-01 183.590800
2021-10-01 144.641700
2022-01-01 152.866200
2022-04-01 40.010000
2022-07-01 29.358880
2022-10-01 37.298780
2023-01-01 25.918730
2023-04-01 15.658640
2023-07-01  9.986020
2023-10-01 44.846400
2024-01-01 38.674750