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: 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 2024-03-01 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). 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