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: Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Afghanistan Series ID: WUIMAAFG 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: 1956-07-01 to 2024-01-01 Last Updated: 2024-04-15 2:33 PM CDT Notes: The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. This smoothed version of the index is preferred over the index for country-level data. The 3-quarter weighted moving average is computed as follows: 1996Q4 = (1996Q4*0.6) + (1996Q3*0.3) + (1996Q2*0.1)/3. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/WUI_mimeo_10_29.pdf) for additional explanation. DATE VALUE 1956-07-01 0.0000000 1956-10-01 0.0000000 1957-01-01 0.0000000 1957-04-01 0.0000000 1957-07-01 0.0000000 1957-10-01 0.0000000 1958-01-01 0.1571092 1958-04-01 0.0785546 1958-07-01 0.0261849 1958-10-01 0.0000000 1959-01-01 0.0000000 1959-04-01 0.0000000 1959-07-01 0.0000000 1959-10-01 0.0000000 1960-01-01 0.0000000 1960-04-01 0.0000000 1960-07-01 0.0000000 1960-10-01 0.0000000 1961-01-01 0.0000000 1961-04-01 0.0000000 1961-07-01 0.0000000 1961-10-01 0.0000000 1962-01-01 0.0000000 1962-04-01 0.0000000 1962-07-01 0.0000000 1962-10-01 0.0000000 1963-01-01 0.0000000 1963-04-01 0.0000000 1963-07-01 0.0000000 1963-10-01 0.1266624 1964-01-01 0.0633312 1964-04-01 0.0211104 1964-07-01 0.0000000 1964-10-01 0.0962001 1965-01-01 0.1636402 1965-04-01 0.0738034 1965-07-01 0.0192567 1965-10-01 0.0000000 1966-01-01 0.0000000 1966-04-01 0.1867414 1966-07-01 0.0933707 1966-10-01 0.0311236 1967-01-01 0.0000000 1967-04-01 0.0000000 1967-07-01 0.0000000 1967-10-01 0.0000000 1968-01-01 0.0000000 1968-04-01 0.0000000 1968-07-01 0.0000000 1968-10-01 0.0000000 1969-01-01 0.0000000 1969-04-01 0.0000000 1969-07-01 0.0000000 1969-10-01 0.0000000 1970-01-01 0.0000000 1970-04-01 0.1019368 1970-07-01 0.0509684 1970-10-01 0.0169895 1971-01-01 0.0000000 1971-04-01 0.0000000 1971-07-01 0.0833681 1971-10-01 0.0416840 1972-01-01 0.0138947 1972-04-01 0.0000000 1972-07-01 0.0000000 1972-10-01 0.0000000 1973-01-01 0.0000000 1973-04-01 0.0000000 1973-07-01 0.0000000 1973-10-01 0.0000000 1974-01-01 0.3480279 1974-04-01 0.1740139 1974-07-01 0.0580046 1974-10-01 0.0000000 1975-01-01 0.0000000 1975-04-01 0.0000000 1975-07-01 0.0000000 1975-10-01 0.0000000 1976-01-01 0.0000000 1976-04-01 0.0000000 1976-07-01 0.0000000 1976-10-01 0.0000000 1977-01-01 0.0000000 1977-04-01 0.0000000 1977-07-01 0.0000000 1977-10-01 0.0000000 1978-01-01 0.0000000 1978-04-01 0.0000000 1978-07-01 0.0000000 1978-10-01 0.1116695 1979-01-01 0.0558347 1979-04-01 0.0186116 1979-07-01 0.0000000 1979-10-01 0.0000000 1980-01-01 0.0000000 1980-04-01 0.1168224 1980-07-01 0.0584112 1980-10-01 0.0194704 1981-01-01 0.0000000 1981-04-01 0.0945180 1981-07-01 0.0472590 1981-10-01 0.0157530 1982-01-01 0.0000000 1982-04-01 0.0000000 1982-07-01 0.0000000 1982-10-01 0.0000000 1983-01-01 0.0000000 1983-04-01 0.0000000 1983-07-01 0.0000000 1983-10-01 0.0000000 1984-01-01 0.0000000 1984-04-01 0.0000000 1984-07-01 0.0000000 1984-10-01 0.0000000 1985-01-01 0.0000000 1985-04-01 0.0000000 1985-07-01 0.0000000 1985-10-01 0.0636132 1986-01-01 0.1033630 1986-04-01 0.0463804 1986-07-01 0.0119261 1986-10-01 0.0000000 1987-01-01 0.0000000 1987-04-01 0.0000000 1987-07-01 0.0000000 1987-10-01 0.0000000 1988-01-01 0.0000000 1988-04-01 0.0000000 1988-07-01 0.1829826 1988-10-01 0.3148718 1989-01-01 0.2358642 1989-04-01 0.0840685 1989-07-01 0.0156128 1989-10-01 0.1551189 1990-01-01 0.0775595 1990-04-01 0.0258532 1990-07-01 0.0000000 1990-10-01 0.0592944 1991-01-01 0.0296472 1991-04-01 0.0098824 1991-07-01 0.0410678 1991-10-01 0.0205339 1992-01-01 0.0068446 1992-04-01 0.0763796 1992-07-01 0.1121452 1992-10-01 0.0497076 1993-01-01 0.0123259 1993-04-01 0.0000000 1993-07-01 0.0000000 1993-10-01 0.0000000 1994-01-01 0.0328084 1994-04-01 0.0164042 1994-07-01 0.0054681 1994-10-01 0.0000000 1995-01-01 0.0561010 1995-04-01 0.0280505 1995-07-01 0.0093502 1995-10-01 0.0000000 1996-01-01 0.0303168 1996-04-01 0.0151584 1996-07-01 0.0558787 1996-10-01 0.0254130 1997-01-01 0.0084710 1997-04-01 0.0000000 1997-07-01 0.0000000 1997-10-01 0.0000000 1998-01-01 0.0000000 1998-04-01 0.0000000 1998-07-01 0.0000000 1998-10-01 0.0000000 1999-01-01 0.0000000 1999-04-01 0.0000000 1999-07-01 0.0000000 1999-10-01 0.0000000 2000-01-01 0.0000000 2000-04-01 0.0000000 2000-07-01 0.0000000 2000-10-01 0.0000000 2001-01-01 0.0000000 2001-04-01 0.0000000 2001-07-01 0.0000000 2001-10-01 0.0435825 2002-01-01 0.0217912 2002-04-01 0.0072637 2002-07-01 0.0000000 2002-10-01 0.0000000 2003-01-01 0.0210615 2003-04-01 0.0105307 2003-07-01 0.0035103 2003-10-01 0.0000000 2004-01-01 0.0000000 2004-04-01 0.0000000 2004-07-01 0.0000000 2004-10-01 0.0196483 2005-01-01 0.0533213 2005-04-01 0.0250233 2005-07-01 0.1213917 2005-10-01 0.1562774 2006-01-01 0.1524141 2006-04-01 0.0971127 2006-07-01 0.0333069 2006-10-01 0.0064475 2007-01-01 0.0000000 2007-04-01 0.0206462 2007-07-01 0.0103231 2007-10-01 0.0034410 2008-01-01 0.0192012 2008-04-01 0.0511720 2008-07-01 0.0652145 2008-10-01 0.0467183 2009-01-01 0.0164592 2009-04-01 0.0031959 2009-07-01 0.0198000 2009-10-01 0.0309195 2010-01-01 0.0367666 2010-04-01 0.0149817 2010-07-01 0.0038261 2010-10-01 0.0000000 2011-01-01 0.0000000 2011-04-01 0.0230654 2011-07-01 0.0115327 2011-10-01 0.0265225 2012-01-01 0.0113392 2012-04-01 0.0037797 2012-07-01 0.0922296 2012-10-01 0.1616216 2013-01-01 0.1346319 2013-04-01 0.0892511 2013-07-01 0.2734797 2013-10-01 0.2377769 2014-01-01 0.1560585 2014-04-01 0.1617742 2014-07-01 0.2593842 2014-10-01 0.1823140 2015-01-01 0.1433802 2015-04-01 0.1289751 2015-07-01 0.1385021 2015-10-01 0.1156946 2016-01-01 0.1791600 2016-04-01 0.1197078 2016-07-01 0.0708180 2016-10-01 0.0860485 2017-01-01 0.1175333 2017-04-01 0.0675222 2017-07-01 0.1497579 2017-10-01 0.1377957 2018-01-01 0.0965926 2018-04-01 0.0583910 2018-07-01 0.0457548 2018-10-01 0.0646170 2019-01-01 0.0546772 2019-04-01 0.0212501 2019-07-01 0.0581482 2019-10-01 0.1482785 2020-01-01 0.1086096 2020-04-01 0.0581903 2020-07-01 0.0439909 2020-10-01 0.0748886 2021-01-01 0.0517925 2021-04-01 0.0645379 2021-07-01 0.0890177 2021-10-01 0.0391717 2022-01-01 0.0105126 2022-04-01 0.0000000 2022-07-01 0.0000000 2022-10-01 0.0805283 2023-01-01 0.0675121 2023-04-01 0.1059823 2023-07-01 0.1040939 2023-10-01 0.0858331 2024-01-01 0.0313314