Table Data - Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States

Title Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States
Series ID USEPUINDXM
Source Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick, Davis, Steven J.
Release Economic Policy Uncertainty (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Index
Date Range 1985-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Last Updated 2026-06-01 8:03 AM CDT
Notes This index is constructed from three types of underlying components. http://www.policyuncertainty.com/us_monthly.html

For additional details, including an analysis of the performance of the model, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2012), "Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty"
DATE VALUE
1985-01-01 125.22474
1985-02-01 99.02081
1985-03-01 112.19051
1985-04-01 102.81132
1985-05-01 120.08272
1985-06-01 132.71319
1985-07-01 128.00182
1985-08-01 126.76611
1985-09-01 126.76856
1985-10-01 116.05771
1985-11-01 122.03688
1985-12-01 133.24392
1986-01-01 155.93292
1986-02-01 159.46768
1986-03-01 160.19810
1986-04-01 150.36626
1986-05-01 132.63792
1986-06-01 122.51177
1986-07-01 132.11963
1986-08-01 127.55250
1986-09-01 132.01833
1986-10-01 111.50927
1986-11-01 115.02029
1986-12-01 108.96811
1987-01-01 122.11428
1987-02-01 109.14523
1987-03-01 122.08486
1987-04-01 110.85971
1987-05-01 110.04291
1987-06-01 121.15791
1987-07-01 106.34800
1987-08-01 74.83796
1987-09-01 78.98139
1987-10-01 143.60309
1987-11-01 155.42208
1987-12-01 135.47265
1988-01-01 131.52146
1988-02-01 116.58432
1988-03-01 105.05246
1988-04-01 113.65598
1988-05-01 96.14572
1988-06-01 89.78251
1988-07-01 85.18198
1988-08-01 100.15845
1988-09-01 94.55409
1988-10-01 102.23078
1988-11-01 113.95989
1988-12-01 99.66633
1989-01-01 105.07536
1989-02-01 84.84484
1989-03-01 97.21567
1989-04-01 108.86306
1989-05-01 87.81604
1989-06-01 94.83974
1989-07-01 84.56992
1989-08-01 95.86038
1989-09-01 90.91820
1989-10-01 91.59669
1989-11-01 107.84913
1989-12-01 107.09523
1990-01-01 100.35918
1990-02-01 89.59095
1990-03-01 86.06529
1990-04-01 76.66170
1990-05-01 118.53795
1990-06-01 120.52674
1990-07-01 111.56962
1990-08-01 142.16524
1990-09-01 157.69529
1990-10-01 141.11953
1990-11-01 145.29094
1990-12-01 134.48512
1991-01-01 175.65861
1991-02-01 115.21345
1991-03-01 116.02571
1991-04-01 107.24167
1991-05-01 94.75868
1991-06-01 96.93760
1991-07-01 93.53158
1991-08-01 100.59554
1991-09-01 117.04782
1991-10-01 105.54142
1991-11-01 122.24914
1991-12-01 139.99912
1992-01-01 109.20085
1992-02-01 125.53676
1992-03-01 91.70582
1992-04-01 87.58229
1992-05-01 96.87494
1992-06-01 122.34916
1992-07-01 120.91493
1992-08-01 115.90751
1992-09-01 127.01963
1992-10-01 138.52178
1992-11-01 118.77686
1992-12-01 106.86792
1993-01-01 102.53033
1993-02-01 119.96253
1993-03-01 121.55786
1993-04-01 109.25684
1993-05-01 133.58967
1993-06-01 126.04877
1993-07-01 117.58450
1993-08-01 106.03237
1993-09-01 106.27469
1993-10-01 84.48769
1993-11-01 84.55661
1993-12-01 77.52033
1994-01-01 80.00980
1994-02-01 94.59270
1994-03-01 87.00632
1994-04-01 100.41637
1994-05-01 96.52730
1994-06-01 92.37979
1994-07-01 85.37095
1994-08-01 92.82606
1994-09-01 90.63002
1994-10-01 76.49899
1994-11-01 91.77528
1994-12-01 91.79500
1995-01-01 107.95494
1995-02-01 86.32307
1995-03-01 78.09662
1995-04-01 65.99178
1995-05-01 74.70236
1995-06-01 79.67356
1995-07-01 83.03811
1995-08-01 66.76376
1995-09-01 75.22518
1995-10-01 80.62605
1995-11-01 90.53283
1995-12-01 84.34724
1996-01-01 90.66317
1996-02-01 75.83463
1996-03-01 72.65243
1996-04-01 69.19065
1996-05-01 69.42779
1996-06-01 81.17971
1996-07-01 73.61083
1996-08-01 83.65826
1996-09-01 77.97562
1996-10-01 64.19595
1996-11-01 74.20867
1996-12-01 69.97417
1997-01-01 74.96831
1997-02-01 87.69729
1997-03-01 75.01231
1997-04-01 75.45429
1997-05-01 73.45813
1997-06-01 78.48298
1997-07-01 73.89487
1997-08-01 63.80988
1997-09-01 61.15956
1997-10-01 83.65215
1997-11-01 78.39389
1997-12-01 88.74448
1998-01-01 91.04062
1998-02-01 88.81944
1998-03-01 78.38832
1998-04-01 73.20014
1998-05-01 75.85510
1998-06-01 76.28635
1998-07-01 88.17701
1998-08-01 101.40807
1998-09-01 123.96147
1998-10-01 109.88134
1998-11-01 92.94632
1998-12-01 91.40618
1999-01-01 98.64504
1999-02-01 82.38359
1999-03-01 66.00054
1999-04-01 67.53295
1999-05-01 67.08854
1999-06-01 73.01111
1999-07-01 79.81311
1999-08-01 69.55318
1999-09-01 69.81624
1999-10-01 62.71155
1999-11-01 82.06383
1999-12-01 83.80947
2000-01-01 89.20154
2000-02-01 77.60139
2000-03-01 77.54831
2000-04-01 76.05923
2000-05-01 97.98620
2000-06-01 92.96502
2000-07-01 79.44697
2000-08-01 66.58133
2000-09-01 75.14165
2000-10-01 84.66172
2000-11-01 125.06753
2000-12-01 115.26872
2001-01-01 111.41604
2001-02-01 110.91785
2001-03-01 116.02693
2001-04-01 122.67340
2001-05-01 100.42901
2001-06-01 86.39027
2001-07-01 102.13185
2001-08-01 84.28912
2001-09-01 188.05949
2001-10-01 173.14334
2001-11-01 130.57563
2001-12-01 117.23658
2002-01-01 116.83745
2002-02-01 87.60069
2002-03-01 83.44043
2002-04-01 88.56610
2002-05-01 86.29886
2002-06-01 93.61022
2002-07-01 110.30517
2002-08-01 116.01482
2002-09-01 124.04315
2002-10-01 111.88598
2002-11-01 123.28439
2002-12-01 122.22166
2003-01-01 138.95340
2003-02-01 126.72774
2003-03-01 163.52381
2003-04-01 135.62755
2003-05-01 102.61982
2003-06-01 95.82729
2003-07-01 91.74151
2003-08-01 95.67182
2003-09-01 106.11577
2003-10-01 88.04379
2003-11-01 84.91824
2003-12-01 91.73699
2004-01-01 96.56646
2004-02-01 99.45730
2004-03-01 96.78947
2004-04-01 94.11529
2004-05-01 92.32118
2004-06-01 85.34598
2004-07-01 87.54419
2004-08-01 85.92587
2004-09-01 100.01189
2004-10-01 105.69511
2004-11-01 95.24086
2004-12-01 77.59643
2005-01-01 73.91848
2005-02-01 58.95005
2005-03-01 57.55796
2005-04-01 74.56597
2005-05-01 70.50812
2005-06-01 74.56133
2005-07-01 68.71645
2005-08-01 64.39586
2005-09-01 91.40605
2005-10-01 76.16369
2005-11-01 72.21598
2005-12-01 78.04893
2006-01-01 79.17535
2006-02-01 72.69299
2006-03-01 64.22933
2006-04-01 79.76153
2006-05-01 70.83626
2006-06-01 79.49433
2006-07-01 80.56231
2006-08-01 72.76996
2006-09-01 67.06754
2006-10-01 63.46447
2006-11-01 62.51985
2006-12-01 63.37041
2007-01-01 79.01967
2007-02-01 57.20262
2007-03-01 69.88729
2007-04-01 62.50171
2007-05-01 74.68187
2007-06-01 73.29654
2007-07-01 59.32398
2007-08-01 89.10405
2007-09-01 100.74438
2007-10-01 89.45453
2007-11-01 102.44111
2007-12-01 108.54379
2008-01-01 144.98473
2008-02-01 108.10469
2008-03-01 111.71236
2008-04-01 102.19690
2008-05-01 94.28405
2008-06-01 94.55676
2008-07-01 109.78898
2008-08-01 95.87075
2008-09-01 187.74030
2008-10-01 189.91729
2008-11-01 148.84257
2008-12-01 145.99470
2009-01-01 171.94621
2009-02-01 187.11403
2009-03-01 166.90338
2009-04-01 131.85612
2009-05-01 138.80585
2009-06-01 130.93348
2009-07-01 126.28215
2009-08-01 152.55009
2009-09-01 145.44437
2009-10-01 138.13055
2009-11-01 116.16231
2009-12-01 121.22101
2010-01-01 149.35928
2010-02-01 132.79865
2010-03-01 137.47003
2010-04-01 137.07740
2010-05-01 151.10342
2010-06-01 140.56916
2010-07-01 180.01446
2010-08-01 147.30909
2010-09-01 182.14672
2010-10-01 163.42489
2010-11-01 179.13559
2010-12-01 165.40785
2011-01-01 142.17046
2011-02-01 145.50890
2011-03-01 174.35437
2011-04-01 157.49588
2011-05-01 126.19207
2011-06-01 158.08862
2011-07-01 197.91636
2011-08-01 245.12671
2011-09-01 204.62979
2011-10-01 159.73957
2011-11-01 166.33902
2011-12-01 189.39836
2012-01-01 178.28653
2012-02-01 149.63708
2012-03-01 137.55312
2012-04-01 136.59669
2012-05-01 158.56198
2012-06-01 194.61057
2012-07-01 184.87970
2012-08-01 152.35347
2012-09-01 175.27705
2012-10-01 165.94452
2012-11-01 187.49064
2012-12-01 192.82518
2013-01-01 157.53330
2013-02-01 114.65412
2013-03-01 124.94082
2013-04-01 118.71049
2013-05-01 104.30455
2013-06-01 114.61614
2013-07-01 94.03991
2013-08-01 102.77067
2013-09-01 144.40178
2013-10-01 171.02225
2013-11-01 89.90614
2013-12-01 104.60212
2014-01-01 93.50074
2014-02-01 88.98535
2014-03-01 93.46759
2014-04-01 91.11802
2014-05-01 90.39225
2014-06-01 81.00762
2014-07-01 76.64489
2014-08-01 71.26214
2014-09-01 84.33692
2014-10-01 100.20666
2014-11-01 88.56003
2014-12-01 85.18750
2015-01-01 117.16063
2015-02-01 100.31974
2015-03-01 105.21813
2015-04-01 109.64379
2015-05-01 101.01894
2015-06-01 108.95279
2015-07-01 98.91843
2015-08-01 129.69532
2015-09-01 138.72169
2015-10-01 102.89402
2015-11-01 92.10044
2015-12-01 99.34261
2016-01-01 119.01519
2016-02-01 114.62456
2016-03-01 104.19081
2016-04-01 84.25134
2016-05-01 82.04127
2016-06-01 162.62912
2016-07-01 121.96465
2016-08-01 91.82890
2016-09-01 79.80896
2016-10-01 92.51785
2016-11-01 169.37782
2016-12-01 115.15205
2017-01-01 134.86953
2017-02-01 133.33148
2017-03-01 119.77617
2017-04-01 121.57059
2017-05-01 104.17097
2017-06-01 98.75896
2017-07-01 110.75360
2017-08-01 109.17827
2017-09-01 96.75077
2017-10-01 102.16057
2017-11-01 94.48961
2017-12-01 111.49723
2018-01-01 123.65156
2018-02-01 94.00742
2018-03-01 136.33432
2018-04-01 108.21374
2018-05-01 124.93665
2018-06-01 108.62740
2018-07-01 133.08625
2018-08-01 99.13562
2018-09-01 102.66020
2018-10-01 111.51257
2018-11-01 130.22387
2018-12-01 166.28681
2019-01-01 201.03201
2019-02-01 106.90066
2019-03-01 140.24737
2019-04-01 98.73670
2019-05-01 122.53876
2019-06-01 150.11678
2019-07-01 149.97290
2019-08-01 190.46323
2019-09-01 134.36178
2019-10-01 118.48822
2019-11-01 131.75071
2019-12-01 143.46725
2020-01-01 131.39109
2020-02-01 160.51565
2020-03-01 283.14721
2020-04-01 268.61639
2020-05-01 350.45982
2020-06-01 231.25980
2020-07-01 305.96355
2020-08-01 224.42637
2020-09-01 218.05829
2020-10-01 249.17362
2020-11-01 246.70710
2020-12-01 246.12610
2021-01-01 207.91242
2021-02-01 151.93288
2021-03-01 139.80120
2021-04-01 124.88952
2021-05-01 147.01584
2021-06-01 133.57887
2021-07-01 152.91092
2021-08-01 133.81455
2021-09-01 142.06763
2021-10-01 121.95150
2021-11-01 151.28684
2021-12-01 166.24265
2022-01-01 139.23758
2022-02-01 138.05353
2022-03-01 190.01241
2022-04-01 154.66196
2022-05-01 168.00083
2022-06-01 145.97594
2022-07-01 186.92141
2022-08-01 163.23982
2022-09-01 174.18347
2022-10-01 177.42313
2022-11-01 171.73726
2022-12-01 136.43315
2023-01-01 139.12464
2023-02-01 120.13662
2023-03-01 147.94250
2023-04-01 127.42137
2023-05-01 156.19287
2023-06-01 141.05706
2023-07-01 113.79255
2023-08-01 84.49314
2023-09-01 108.39746
2023-10-01 117.69793
2023-11-01 125.47520
2023-12-01 105.77133
2024-01-01 121.96395
2024-02-01 87.23672
2024-03-01 93.20401
2024-04-01 106.48626
2024-05-01 103.81620
2024-06-01 115.85240
2024-07-01 116.29613
2024-08-01 112.31229
2024-09-01 105.89523
2024-10-01 95.29997
2024-11-01 160.52062
2024-12-01 156.89088
2025-01-01 167.38864
2025-02-01 228.61916
2025-03-01 297.08402
2025-04-01 460.11432
2025-05-01 364.05180
2025-06-01 253.81813
2025-07-01 251.75700
2025-08-01 254.12744
2025-09-01 224.23756
2025-10-01 217.50845
2025-11-01 218.76603
2025-12-01 205.27646
2026-01-01 265.51325
2026-02-01 263.31012
2026-03-01 263.58205
2026-04-01 218.38129
2026-05-01 228.67851

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