Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Sovereign debt, currency crises

Title Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Sovereign debt, currency crises
Series ID EPUSOVDEBT
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 2024-08-01
Last Updated 2024-10-01 8:02 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.
DATE VALUE
1985-01-01 0.0000000000000000
1985-02-01 128.3889974543692200
1985-03-01 110.5981666432453200
1985-04-01 0.0000000000000000
1985-05-01 95.6038678945063500
1985-06-01 0.0000000000000000
1985-07-01 181.7737439864739000
1985-08-01 168.5696265675852300
1985-09-01 85.9951001372764800
1985-10-01 74.8856276539938500
1985-11-01 287.1750263695076000
1985-12-01 0.0000000000000000
1986-01-01 119.2023117379827500
1986-02-01 64.8177230379925100
1986-03-01 0.0000000000000000
1986-04-01 0.0000000000000000
1986-05-01 112.3202726018701700
1986-06-01 291.8564020943664400
1986-07-01 115.6133140627257800
1986-08-01 110.9583637439704800
1986-09-01 170.4304359502086000
1986-10-01 0.0000000000000000
1986-11-01 54.2730750288522800
1986-12-01 107.8396261909684700
1987-01-01 49.7630775435311500
1987-02-01 101.8875750492171500
1987-03-01 91.4507330731757800
1987-04-01 93.4431760065989500
1987-05-01 45.9320621762206200
1987-06-01 144.9339299513041800
1987-07-01 45.0452382347649450
1987-08-01 0.0000000000000000
1987-09-01 132.1843676236344200
1987-10-01 249.0251879824728000
1987-11-01 306.9396543791284600
1987-12-01 304.0203835438004500
1988-01-01 368.2035382599504000
1988-02-01 42.8411779932123340
1988-03-01 76.2648889056574000
1988-04-01 116.2268387510561400
1988-05-01 0.0000000000000000
1988-06-01 0.0000000000000000
1988-07-01 272.9441164079270000
1988-08-01 37.8028761310323500
1988-09-01 36.4857656697419940
1988-10-01 72.9722974890395000
1988-11-01 186.0742986467806800
1988-12-01 192.9017088131164400
1989-01-01 128.4150913326094800
1989-02-01 33.6316214219446860
1989-03-01 0.0000000000000000
1989-04-01 89.9362053010484300
1989-05-01 145.8822563880817400
1989-06-01 120.3953001900252100
1989-07-01 62.1233937851205340
1989-08-01 0.0000000000000000
1989-09-01 30.0278234512152160
1989-10-01 111.2981858654745500
1989-11-01 56.2414830163526100
1989-12-01 29.5781306683809700
1990-01-01 54.1586761385237600
1990-02-01 28.4938093973221700
1990-03-01 49.3038086090703700
1990-04-01 124.5097685835484200
1990-05-01 48.0805375739419800
1990-06-01 50.1664464331999600
1990-07-01 49.4645182030675800
1990-08-01 0.0000000000000000
1990-09-01 46.9112727973111000
1990-10-01 42.9649891551905600
1990-11-01 266.5315509441383000
1990-12-01 47.2642637755513300
1991-01-01 0.0000000000000000
1991-02-01 0.0000000000000000
1991-03-01 0.0000000000000000
1991-04-01 21.8518832553443470
1991-05-01 21.1554160435235130
1991-06-01 0.0000000000000000
1991-07-01 112.2761811775044500
1991-08-01 42.6851526988780800
1991-09-01 0.0000000000000000
1991-10-01 40.0901567979305040
1991-11-01 0.0000000000000000
1991-12-01 65.8860536381099600
1992-01-01 20.7160996136931460
1992-02-01 43.6125813048541740
1992-03-01 0.0000000000000000
1992-04-01 120.0876006219282500
1992-05-01 0.0000000000000000
1992-06-01 21.4832914134182220
1992-07-01 21.0785523511575330
1992-08-01 167.9499545568900800
1992-09-01 1439.2562167370725000
1992-10-01 368.1050057860892000
1992-11-01 122.6789084824428400
1992-12-01 182.7244840307231000
1993-01-01 60.4024680675689700
1993-02-01 148.3670056306513000
1993-03-01 113.3932094724491000
1993-04-01 39.1009307326551700
1993-05-01 95.4864439201678000
1993-06-01 81.5030106911694800
1993-07-01 321.9385203177517400
1993-08-01 218.7908624882825000
1993-09-01 78.3932684007954500
1993-10-01 18.4585332633828930
1993-11-01 19.4880271091151370
1993-12-01 19.2724121348607230
1994-01-01 39.6179123883169000
1994-02-01 40.7524611291598400
1994-03-01 35.9307461644173500
1994-04-01 37.5615963909250800
1994-05-01 108.9354686021126500
1994-06-01 187.6639644284879600
1994-07-01 57.1078030308248700
1994-08-01 56.0300483015063700
1994-09-01 0.0000000000000000
1994-10-01 52.4872938383653400
1994-11-01 18.1906479030214500
1994-12-01 111.5887128327663000
1995-01-01 622.0461044003958000
1995-02-01 318.3599630301671400
1995-03-01 146.4113106488561300
1995-04-01 68.9209241887268000
1995-05-01 50.2989621227317160
1995-06-01 223.2938489074938700
1995-07-01 53.2942519721714500
1995-08-01 17.0757600036234440
1995-09-01 17.0258564437730660
1995-10-01 47.7724723502761250
1995-11-01 32.8238004949151760
1995-12-01 34.0388716489000060
1996-01-01 17.1542776741842640
1996-02-01 0.0000000000000000
1996-03-01 45.4744575717252700
1996-04-01 15.8213178149367460
1996-05-01 15.1177627000483380
1996-06-01 16.2197085399315350
1996-07-01 0.0000000000000000
1996-08-01 15.4549739901643140
1996-09-01 31.6727731213136400
1996-10-01 14.7162288382678610
1996-11-01 15.3124751883593980
1996-12-01 15.8953136272348770
1997-01-01 0.0000000000000000
1997-02-01 0.0000000000000000
1997-03-01 28.3193675730416900
1997-04-01 73.6018713181095600
1997-05-01 28.6695857398687970
1997-06-01 45.4271987724884400
1997-07-01 30.7208574537590900
1997-08-01 103.4061793524689300
1997-09-01 14.7302641368004340
1997-10-01 283.0669405491881300
1997-11-01 313.7451082486126000
1997-12-01 858.7729986376792000
1998-01-01 1490.0879196989008000
1998-02-01 1492.8347559958854000
1998-03-01 383.5766219589313600
1998-04-01 381.7950594206131400
1998-05-01 415.0770015065992300
1998-06-01 458.0482864326537500
1998-07-01 758.9452725841992000
1998-08-01 802.9404168457443000
1998-09-01 923.6141402835796000
1998-10-01 342.1875814756751000
1998-11-01 174.8988189054059000
1998-12-01 166.6334073071493800
1999-01-01 400.7047186519907000
1999-02-01 67.8176452102168700
1999-03-01 49.0743930365527800
1999-04-01 199.2570370569570500
1999-05-01 98.6084916115414200
1999-06-01 39.4211411264169800
1999-07-01 78.7024118241968400
1999-08-01 63.7848120395914800
1999-09-01 88.7225792002694500
1999-10-01 69.6558070294599100
1999-11-01 125.1640587982240500
1999-12-01 36.9498099660186700
2000-01-01 122.8249591896770500
2000-02-01 38.6994230797211300
2000-03-01 45.1816229346353640
2000-04-01 72.5304895906567900
2000-05-01 23.1762894987731000
2000-06-01 73.3031105053524200
2000-07-01 37.3667203666388300
2000-08-01 0.0000000000000000
2000-09-01 141.6089326857281200
2000-10-01 85.1348871086686400
2000-11-01 99.0560111068496200
2000-12-01 81.6920745421667100
2001-01-01 117.5795581543582200
2001-02-01 120.5643627402293300
2001-03-01 10.7392722364899000
2001-04-01 308.5284772525862400
2001-05-01 10.7145048247650560
2001-06-01 22.9839166657952520
2001-07-01 46.5873922117270850
2001-08-01 32.5541341948356300
2001-09-01 51.7284982531540300
2001-10-01 19.7070402711686870
2001-11-01 20.4240431865682100
2001-12-01 31.7396452948112430
2002-01-01 100.4230643597728000
2002-02-01 31.1832682735676630
2002-03-01 28.6204534174458270
2002-04-01 0.0000000000000000
2002-05-01 0.0000000000000000
2002-06-01 10.4841256853240600
2002-07-01 84.5454903422750900
2002-08-01 49.6415913127327400
2002-09-01 48.5934202175718500
2002-10-01 26.8874551754975200
2002-11-01 9.2730792473353340
2002-12-01 38.8840882904795500
2003-01-01 27.2861146853547540
2003-02-01 9.6845307020930830
2003-03-01 17.4646602301366160
2003-04-01 18.2782175941459460
2003-05-01 35.4767263790577400
2003-06-01 47.4554409480615700
2003-07-01 18.7211043453059180
2003-08-01 146.4699565359810800
2003-09-01 54.1223360534314540
2003-10-01 82.4048932585920400
2003-11-01 0.0000000000000000
2003-12-01 36.6277650528705650
2004-01-01 25.6446702694201360
2004-02-01 27.1207597805229000
2004-03-01 8.2007119515509770
2004-04-01 16.6904848816267870
2004-05-01 41.5440406616888500
2004-06-01 0.0000000000000000
2004-07-01 17.8489688697573700
2004-08-01 0.0000000000000000
2004-09-01 25.2809985566434500
2004-10-01 15.5584358047997400
2004-11-01 25.0960239525398200
2004-12-01 8.3492725398858800
2005-01-01 32.4686651259457550
2005-02-01 8.0078186072978670
2005-03-01 14.3948395297168300
2005-04-01 45.3899663222818150
2005-05-01 46.1577439497758500
2005-06-01 31.7807786430238080
2005-07-01 146.6766946889713700
2005-08-01 7.8103304380112500
2005-09-01 14.9908224173854270
2005-10-01 21.8310858617201830
2005-11-01 44.2421766166143400
2005-12-01 15.1836842330282630
2006-01-01 51.4631596445433800
2006-02-01 0.0000000000000000
2006-03-01 26.7058981294709800
2006-04-01 7.0924128661613570
2006-05-01 27.1227706856383300
2006-06-01 21.5139924064447900
2006-07-01 7.4657739391077890
2006-08-01 13.7220335403649030
2006-09-01 13.9169393834377860
2006-10-01 13.1757535321228860
2006-11-01 6.7477766875677890
2006-12-01 14.1211619804683260
2007-01-01 20.1650193081087680
2007-02-01 0.0000000000000000
2007-03-01 6.2614504398151560
2007-04-01 6.5816382463966120
2007-05-01 0.0000000000000000
2007-06-01 20.6646481314018500
2007-07-01 20.5222735871894400
2007-08-01 12.7643893263449470
2007-09-01 13.2384952156091860
2007-10-01 6.2727526969267355
2007-11-01 31.9403032545717900
2007-12-01 13.5481676183134940
2008-01-01 56.2011589341899400
2008-02-01 6.6255576627214710
2008-03-01 74.2015301230764000
2008-04-01 12.2578659403788780
2008-05-01 0.0000000000000000
2008-06-01 0.0000000000000000
2008-07-01 50.8707043966684150
2008-08-01 6.2055446323168060
2008-09-01 25.0458017592606230
2008-10-01 160.1694482876173000
2008-11-01 38.0485948258840600
2008-12-01 45.5111973034272740
2009-01-01 19.1641819527430800
2009-02-01 13.5878983151413930
2009-03-01 18.9035629778644320
2009-04-01 19.0242974129420300
2009-05-01 6.3939374316419720
2009-06-01 117.6828384455298700
2009-07-01 40.2521813988117150
2009-08-01 47.7443276912303800
2009-09-01 12.9910467069062130
2009-10-01 24.4081123378220300
2009-11-01 91.2785551920520800
2009-12-01 6.5444538495243150
2010-01-01 24.8443609944408300
2010-02-01 137.5630629143178700
2010-03-01 65.0104675766522500
2010-04-01 53.4174977743410800
2010-05-01 496.0217833546007600
2010-06-01 442.2860901578523600
2010-07-01 363.7122258332210000
2010-08-01 60.5536204198968100
2010-09-01 186.4533669358463300
2010-10-01 166.4720955256245000
2010-11-01 212.7615302508619000
2010-12-01 207.2756007662948200
2011-01-01 114.1457844776522000
2011-02-01 26.1778153980972600
2011-03-01 121.5274019584440300
2011-04-01 73.0319788601907900
2011-05-01 103.4619700519369400
2011-06-01 217.3938726758270500
2011-07-01 429.7714388835446000
2011-08-01 1039.3433285098681000
2011-09-01 411.7718664460128400
2011-10-01 609.3500076455531000
2011-11-01 615.1189496851257000
2011-12-01 683.5162695303575000
2012-01-01 713.8781577021814000
2012-02-01 170.3931792860820700
2012-03-01 83.9709385190824400
2012-04-01 536.7219834480850000
2012-05-01 218.1968048002068200
2012-06-01 722.2075556699593000
2012-07-01 484.0420274226696600
2012-08-01 288.7526854998815000
2012-09-01 543.2023039760227000
2012-10-01 266.1670478334428000
2012-11-01 414.5254466120173300
2012-12-01 247.9188627860862000
2013-01-01 191.7299307088226800
2013-02-01 138.3456743539715600
2013-03-01 243.1560345724136300
2013-04-01 28.3807147158536140
2013-05-01 27.5801983658524700
2013-06-01 38.2139608601610450
2013-07-01 15.4687329335951220
2013-08-01 109.4003257490913500
2013-09-01 74.3910817762857300
2013-10-01 95.8649653544113400
2013-11-01 0.0000000000000000
2013-12-01 23.5468635786587900
2014-01-01 36.2786343996397400
2014-02-01 46.1810018307599750
2014-03-01 116.3019196674170500
2014-04-01 21.9143296094999900
2014-05-01 7.1932259331193270
2014-06-01 38.9695855117971800
2014-07-01 23.1965169169083230
2014-08-01 46.1034985961178450
2014-09-01 7.5229062741251480
2014-10-01 6.9717527040503380
2014-11-01 15.4449110848773830
2014-12-01 46.7369305066028600
2015-01-01 51.9673506609895200
2015-02-01 31.5847570123759560
2015-03-01 21.4489925085967920
2015-04-01 28.4204047769160650
2015-05-01 96.0471747426765000
2015-06-01 31.7843394290873800
2015-07-01 23.7455442457623400
2015-08-01 168.0946619632578600
2015-09-01 144.6855177613244600
2015-10-01 74.1082709603048400
2015-11-01 6.3032449287118400
2015-12-01 31.4738366950971270
2016-01-01 31.3146153653914220
2016-02-01 161.5361288218994000
2016-03-01 56.0065851132936460
2016-04-01 80.3227173804916000
2016-05-01 46.0980963599842400
2016-06-01 249.3979529908363600
2016-07-01 286.0380064375989000
2016-08-01 36.7198133326485060
2016-09-01 5.9615163479523220
2016-10-01 59.7257680819225740
2016-11-01 109.9456789731566700
2016-12-01 87.7123804445409700
2017-01-01 61.0744381602195300
2017-02-01 50.4249533452305300
2017-03-01 16.8837300535764640
2017-04-01 42.3089003560830000
2017-05-01 12.4783834037035850
2017-06-01 61.6216494733044000
2017-07-01 36.3173443689167600
2017-08-01 52.2491645137014400
2017-09-01 19.0168017392637840
2017-10-01 17.1816444311189040
2017-11-01 5.8507390970728865
2017-12-01 12.5941885251288570
2018-01-01 23.9926746473954000
2018-02-01 13.2760601438829720
2018-03-01 24.0735762838962100
2018-04-01 43.9103388957707140
2018-05-01 42.0135405743235140
2018-06-01 92.8799944967903600
2018-07-01 67.6548225385457600
2018-08-01 96.1826999286584400
2018-09-01 28.4056240953943300
2018-10-01 20.1371894785489540
2018-11-01 14.4090149780706010
2018-12-01 7.6506162557967610
2019-01-01 64.4957265976809100
2019-02-01 85.1229316923230800
2019-03-01 70.7492319684724900
2019-04-01 27.3971880488594270
2019-05-01 8.8899078780045040
2019-06-01 60.3561337480011200
2019-07-01 40.5932864715706600
2019-08-01 317.5140784692631500
2019-09-01 19.3535820120011500
2019-10-01 44.9621293692477550
2019-11-01 29.6330304714770700
2019-12-01 20.7874465208842400
2020-01-01 129.9022489541031000
2020-02-01 31.1680256580357520
2020-03-01 88.3708466868692400
2020-04-01 111.7609126521562500
2020-05-01 84.4980797108286200
2020-06-01 11.6999614303398990
2020-07-01 11.5042274494074630
2020-08-01 81.2010887416193600
2020-09-01 137.0401855052964000
2020-10-01 75.8227965179666800
2020-11-01 71.2103166956148800
2020-12-01 34.5393238855556600
2021-01-01 11.7057745421324800
2021-02-01 74.2771289090835000
2021-03-01 11.2740783325165790
2021-04-01 58.5886709641197200
2021-05-01 23.8638735499952720
2021-06-01 12.5278894626415600
2021-07-01 12.7939010613919780
2021-08-01 48.9957754806098700
2021-09-01 11.7939097550416550
2021-10-01 11.4426902980357400
2021-11-01 12.5390547970715840
2021-12-01 57.4825075526823500
2022-01-01 28.7884368759545400
2022-02-01 49.9928069227862700
2022-03-01 63.0461718813028100
2022-04-01 9.7801571366180870
2022-05-01 19.2273334934036270
2022-06-01 109.7279773778361300
2022-07-01 136.1595133164542200
2022-08-01 108.2812619876171400
2022-09-01 155.0234067110209500
2022-10-01 128.8990654566605000
2022-11-01 67.2987391617911900
2022-12-01 69.7466115745252000
2023-01-01 9.6582875862025780
2023-02-01 10.1960815782101250
2023-03-01 8.7712095803889550
2023-04-01 18.9266593364018720
2023-05-01 17.8622489259068600
2023-06-01 27.9376599862854600
2023-07-01 9.9411274016320430
2023-08-01 44.4811731167421000
2023-09-01 17.6162287155998300
2023-10-01 8.5417309180360550
2023-11-01 44.6959991420866900
2023-12-01 9.6000425264819500
2024-01-01 9.2559382550284490
2024-02-01 9.3965437827785120
2024-03-01 9.1785510849443600
2024-04-01 9.4540357150365250
2024-05-01 9.2082715446439580
2024-06-01 10.7387412538991620
2024-07-01 23.6006750206960550
2024-08-01 19.7338424838189470

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