Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Australia
| Title | Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Australia |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIMAAUS |
| 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 | 1952-07-01 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. 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' for additional explanation. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1952-07-01 | 0.0468713 |
| 1952-10-01 | 0.0156238 |
| 1953-01-01 | 0.0366703 |
| 1953-04-01 | 0.0866412 |
| 1953-07-01 | 0.0402647 |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.0113843 |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.0492975 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.0693016 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.0692424 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.0533524 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.0197302 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.0926491 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.1370825 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.0611894 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.0582211 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.0678692 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.0813945 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.0332612 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0265304 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.0449346 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.0746491 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.0574140 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.0425641 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.0856314 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.0630544 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.0238442 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0040107 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.0253904 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0942058 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.0449871 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.0135851 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.0241517 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.0608623 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.0530855 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.1433147 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.1681793 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.0968466 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.0296322 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0792125 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.0375188 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.0125063 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.0414551 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.0207275 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.0605860 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0268384 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0089461 |
| 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 | 0.0227041 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.0334637 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0148398 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0292869 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0386139 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0395324 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.0358835 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0331527 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0757941 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.1016414 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0439868 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0111744 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0438596 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0219298 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0802361 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.1675247 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0776852 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.0893124 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.1235682 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.1171435 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0454632 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0849486 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0373925 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0614178 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.2706685 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.2020638 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.1216649 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.0344157 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0075381 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.0849979 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.1356811 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0607574 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.1103396 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.1250443 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.0869943 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0291264 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.0996018 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.0471032 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0661488 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.1098979 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0874086 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.1015168 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.0810265 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0686023 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0251801 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.0061501 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.0380300 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0190150 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0429885 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.0688620 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0532324 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0193506 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0536509 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0458658 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0411670 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0580946 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0254420 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0351535 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0139587 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0845038 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0399255 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0506150 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0486833 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.0212328 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0050050 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0371885 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0562307 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0250163 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0062727 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0058032 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0029016 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0009672 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0123047 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0061523 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0097788 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0038640 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0012880 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0093738 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.0520018 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.0252197 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0227303 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0074223 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.0024741 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0136249 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.0921471 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.0550822 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0321117 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0367594 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0997259 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0855582 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.2104195 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.1070086 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0484772 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0084914 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0334807 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0646330 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.0616064 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0346098 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0508663 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0575168 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0472757 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0294179 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0098450 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0292527 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0136175 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0173646 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0519052 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0396298 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0149551 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0275817 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0701782 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0756393 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0309246 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0071073 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0301591 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0150795 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0186320 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0068027 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0022676 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0141904 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0070952 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0562444 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0743443 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0605645 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0218419 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0316449 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0420704 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.0329537 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.0705746 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0317256 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0097881 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.0133413 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.1285723 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.1460645 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0902196 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.0403455 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0108938 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.0151196 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0065347 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0530753 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.0254485 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0208736 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0061954 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.0020651 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0135181 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0482528 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0229999 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.0069156 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.0152847 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.0076423 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.0025474 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.0228912 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.0825019 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.0859526 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.0785407 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.0520893 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.0185444 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.0235394 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0290782 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.0333061 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.0345792 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.0755274 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.0749857 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.0715209 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.0475896 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.1315307 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.0797728 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.0479417 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.0674334 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.0464155 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.0331801 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.0237964 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.0240241 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.0095778 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.0024658 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.0616190 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0468352 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.0354707 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.0571734 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.0505576 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.0727877 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.0465040 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.0935804 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.0553049 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.0855501 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.0777845 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.0960522 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.1198318 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.1172460 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.0816512 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.0595119 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.0369532 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.0566177 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.0719598 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.0607333 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.1019505 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.1083001 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.0450771 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.0877634 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.0641296 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.0996912 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.1160482 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.0931005 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.0960876 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.1097361 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.0731699 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.0756401 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.0856057 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.0490134 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.0518770 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.0497596 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.0350546 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.0275655 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.0101337 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.0025864 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.0143885 |
| 2025-01-01 | 0.0212659 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.0245362 |
| 2025-07-01 | 0.0441577 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.0562844 |
| 2026-01-01 | 0.0581263 |