Table Data - World Uncertainty Index for Australia

Title World Uncertainty Index for Australia
Series ID WUIAUS
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 1952-01-01 to 2026-01-01
Last Updated 2026-05-07 4:15 PM CDT
Notes The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports.

Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation.
DATE VALUE
1952-01-01 0.0000000
1952-04-01 0.4687134
1952-07-01 0.0000000
1952-10-01 0.0000000
1953-01-01 0.1833517
1953-04-01 0.3415301
1953-07-01 0.0000000
1953-10-01 0.0000000
1954-01-01 0.0000000
1954-04-01 0.2464876
1954-07-01 0.2232641
1954-10-01 0.1934984
1955-01-01 0.1328021
1955-04-01 0.0000000
1955-07-01 0.4411116
1955-10-01 0.4648568
1956-01-01 0.0000000
1956-04-01 0.2136296
1956-07-01 0.2325311
1956-10-01 0.2551020
1957-01-01 0.0000000
1957-04-01 0.0901348
1957-07-01 0.1796058
1957-10-01 0.2684203
1958-01-01 0.1229256
1958-04-01 0.1066212
1958-07-01 0.3543586
1958-10-01 0.1203225
1959-01-01 0.0000000
1959-04-01 0.0000000
1959-07-01 0.0000000
1959-10-01 0.0000000
1960-01-01 0.1269519
1960-04-01 0.4075533
1960-07-01 0.0000000
1960-10-01 0.0000000
1961-01-01 0.0000000
1961-04-01 0.1207584
1961-07-01 0.2439322
1961-10-01 0.1233350
1962-01-01 0.6142506
1962-04-01 0.5132153
1962-07-01 0.1252505
1962-10-01 0.0000000
1963-01-01 0.3751876
1963-04-01 0.0000000
1963-07-01 0.0000000
1963-10-01 0.0000000
1964-01-01 0.0000000
1964-04-01 0.0000000
1964-07-01 0.0000000
1964-10-01 0.2072754
1965-01-01 0.0000000
1965-04-01 0.2683843
1965-07-01 0.0000000
1965-10-01 0.0000000
1966-01-01 0.0000000
1966-04-01 0.0000000
1966-07-01 0.0000000
1966-10-01 0.0000000
1967-01-01 0.0000000
1967-04-01 0.1135203
1967-07-01 0.1105583
1967-10-01 0.0000000
1968-01-01 0.1280082
1968-04-01 0.1290656
1968-07-01 0.1117943
1968-10-01 0.1020096
1969-01-01 0.0961261
1969-04-01 0.3139060
1969-07-01 0.3352330
1969-10-01 0.0000000
1970-01-01 0.0000000
1970-04-01 0.2192982
1970-07-01 0.0000000
1970-10-01 0.3646308
1971-01-01 0.6553080
1971-04-01 0.0000000
1971-07-01 0.3373440
1971-10-01 0.4491690
1972-01-01 0.3049090
1972-04-01 0.0000000
1972-07-01 0.3739250
1972-10-01 0.0000000
1973-01-01 0.2447681
1973-04-01 1.2309590
1973-07-01 0.3540450
1973-10-01 0.2261420
1974-01-01 0.0000000
1974-04-01 0.0000000
1974-07-01 0.4249894
1974-10-01 0.4659109
1975-01-01 0.0000000
1975-04-01 0.4740460
1975-07-01 0.3881988
1975-10-01 0.1618647
1976-01-01 0.0000000
1976-04-01 0.4710315
1976-07-01 0.0000000
1976-10-01 0.2522386
1977-01-01 0.4233700
1977-04-01 0.1833181
1977-07-01 0.3453635
1977-10-01 0.2018978
1978-01-01 0.1845018
1978-04-01 0.0000000
1978-07-01 0.0000000
1978-10-01 0.0000000
1979-01-01 0.1901502
1979-04-01 0.0000000
1979-07-01 0.1832509
1979-10-01 0.2526848
1980-01-01 0.1092777
1980-04-01 0.0000000
1980-07-01 0.2500417
1980-10-01 0.1043079
1981-01-01 0.1120072
1981-04-01 0.2170846
1981-07-01 0.0000000
1981-10-01 0.1395868
1982-01-01 0.0000000
1982-04-01 0.3992547
1982-07-01 0.0000000
1982-10-01 0.1865324
1983-01-01 0.1501502
1983-04-01 0.0000000
1983-07-01 0.0000000
1983-10-01 0.1859427
1984-01-01 0.1881822
1984-04-01 0.0000000
1984-07-01 0.0000000
1984-10-01 0.0000000
1985-01-01 0.0290158
1985-04-01 0.0000000
1985-07-01 0.0000000
1985-10-01 0.0000000
1986-01-01 0.0000000
1986-04-01 0.0000000
1986-07-01 0.0615233
1986-10-01 0.0000000
1987-01-01 0.0386399
1987-04-01 0.0000000
1987-07-01 0.0000000
1987-10-01 0.0468691
1988-01-01 0.2365744
1988-04-01 0.0000000
1988-07-01 0.0742225
1988-10-01 0.0000000
1989-01-01 0.0000000
1989-04-01 0.0000000
1989-07-01 0.0000000
1989-10-01 0.0000000
1990-01-01 0.0000000
1990-04-01 0.0681245
1990-07-01 0.4266732
1990-10-01 0.0507202
1991-01-01 0.0640861
1991-04-01 0.1433007
1991-07-01 0.4162981
1991-10-01 0.1957586
1992-01-01 0.8848353
1992-04-01 0.0599988
1992-07-01 0.0649140
1992-10-01 0.0000000
1993-01-01 0.1565844
1993-04-01 0.2448730
1993-07-01 0.1594981
1993-10-01 0.0524879
1994-01-01 0.2015046
1994-04-01 0.1780838
1994-07-01 0.1137527
1994-10-01 0.0605327
1995-01-01 0.0000000
1995-04-01 0.1361748
1995-07-01 0.0000000
1995-10-01 0.0641272
1996-01-01 0.2274623
1996-04-01 0.0737300
1996-07-01 0.0000000
1996-10-01 0.1256202
1997-01-01 0.2880807
1997-04-01 0.2132196
1997-07-01 0.0000000
1997-10-01 0.0000000
1998-01-01 0.0000000
1998-04-01 0.0000000
1998-07-01 0.1507954
1998-10-01 0.0000000
1999-01-01 0.0680272
1999-04-01 0.0000000
1999-07-01 0.0000000
1999-10-01 0.0709522
2000-01-01 0.0000000
2000-04-01 0.2693965
2000-07-01 0.2370230
2000-10-01 0.1394117
2001-01-01 0.0000000
2001-04-01 0.1349892
2001-07-01 0.1428571
2001-10-01 0.0708416
2002-01-01 0.2936426
2002-04-01 0.0000000
2002-07-01 0.0000000
2002-10-01 0.0000000
2003-01-01 0.0667067
2003-04-01 0.6095083
2003-07-01 0.4144505
2003-10-01 0.1422880
2004-01-01 0.0615082
2004-04-01 0.0000000
2004-07-01 0.0653467
2004-10-01 0.0000000
2005-01-01 0.2544853
2005-04-01 0.0000000
2005-07-01 0.0619540
2005-10-01 0.0000000
2006-01-01 0.0000000
2006-04-01 0.0675904
2006-07-01 0.2074689
2006-10-01 0.0000000
2007-01-01 0.0000000
2007-04-01 0.0764234
2007-07-01 0.0000000
2007-10-01 0.0000000
2008-01-01 0.1144558
2008-04-01 0.3552819
2008-07-01 0.2330459
2008-10-01 0.2169668
2009-01-01 0.1131222
2009-04-01 0.0000000
2009-07-01 0.0988435
2009-10-01 0.0959693
2010-01-01 0.1020721
2010-04-01 0.1058649
2010-07-01 0.3076923
2010-10-01 0.2034381
2011-01-01 0.2046036
2011-04-01 0.1017397
2011-07-01 0.5726830
2011-10-01 0.0955658
2012-01-01 0.0964785
2012-04-01 0.2730003
2012-07-01 0.0794976
2012-10-01 0.0806517
2013-01-01 0.0654065
2013-04-01 0.0739754
2013-07-01 0.0000000
2013-10-01 0.0000000
2014-01-01 0.0000000
2014-04-01 0.3080952
2014-07-01 0.0801282
2014-10-01 0.0859402
2015-01-01 0.2295421
2015-04-01 0.1236935
2015-07-01 0.2638348
2015-10-01 0.0799872
2016-01-01 0.3839361
2016-04-01 0.0712251
2016-07-01 0.3281486
2016-10-01 0.2129774
2017-01-01 0.3190810
2017-04-01 0.4041221
2017-07-01 0.3309888
2017-10-01 0.1754078
2018-01-01 0.1546910
2018-04-01 0.0781861
2018-07-01 0.2182136
2018-10-01 0.2376614
2019-01-01 0.1484671
2019-04-01 0.3959090
2019-07-01 0.3188013
2019-10-01 0.0000000
2020-01-01 0.3856834
2020-04-01 0.1278064
2020-07-01 0.3702724
2020-10-01 0.3738038
2021-01-01 0.2168884
2021-04-01 0.3096934
2021-07-01 0.3576858
2021-10-01 0.1353913
2022-01-01 0.2508907
2022-04-01 0.2800179
2022-07-01 0.0632431
2022-10-01 0.1810938
2023-01-01 0.1477105
2023-04-01 0.0712352
2023-07-01 0.0775916
2023-10-01 0.0000000
2024-01-01 0.0000000
2024-04-01 0.0000000
2024-07-01 0.0000000
2024-10-01 0.0719424
2025-01-01 0.0703581
2025-04-01 0.0755116
2025-07-01 0.1713062
2025-10-01 0.1831837
2026-01-01 0.1704884

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