Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Benin

Title Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Benin
Series ID WUIMABEN
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 1962-07-01 to 2025-07-01
Last Updated 2025-11-02 3:38 PM CST
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
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 0.0000000
1964-01-01 0.0000000
1964-04-01 0.0000000
1964-07-01 0.0000000
1964-10-01 0.0000000
1965-01-01 0.0000000
1965-04-01 0.0000000
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 0.0000000
1967-07-01 0.0000000
1967-10-01 0.0000000
1968-01-01 0.2183406
1968-04-01 0.3783493
1968-07-01 0.3919741
1968-10-01 0.1553604
1969-01-01 0.0368324
1969-04-01 0.0000000
1969-07-01 0.0000000
1969-10-01 0.0000000
1970-01-01 0.0000000
1970-04-01 0.2450980
1970-07-01 0.3295884
1970-10-01 0.3678330
1971-01-01 0.1462384
1971-04-01 0.0372439
1971-07-01 0.0000000
1971-10-01 0.4643963
1972-01-01 0.2321981
1972-04-01 0.0773994
1972-07-01 0.0000000
1972-10-01 0.0000000
1973-01-01 0.0000000
1973-04-01 0.1117318
1973-07-01 0.0558659
1973-10-01 0.0186220
1974-01-01 0.0000000
1974-04-01 0.0000000
1974-07-01 0.0000000
1974-10-01 0.0000000
1975-01-01 0.1932367
1975-04-01 0.1924956
1975-07-01 0.0801448
1975-10-01 0.0159795
1976-01-01 0.0758725
1976-04-01 0.0379363
1976-07-01 0.0126454
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 0.0000000
1979-01-01 0.0000000
1979-04-01 0.0000000
1979-07-01 0.0000000
1979-10-01 0.0000000
1980-01-01 0.0000000
1980-04-01 0.0000000
1980-07-01 0.0000000
1980-10-01 0.0000000
1981-01-01 0.0000000
1981-04-01 0.0000000
1981-07-01 0.0000000
1981-10-01 0.0000000
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 0.0000000
1986-01-01 0.0672721
1986-04-01 0.0336361
1986-07-01 0.0112120
1986-10-01 0.0000000
1987-01-01 0.0000000
1987-04-01 0.0000000
1987-07-01 0.0591716
1987-10-01 0.0295858
1988-01-01 0.0098619
1988-04-01 0.0000000
1988-07-01 0.0526870
1988-10-01 0.0263435
1989-01-01 0.0087812
1989-04-01 0.0472590
1989-07-01 0.0236295
1989-10-01 0.0078765
1990-01-01 0.0000000
1990-04-01 0.0000000
1990-07-01 0.0000000
1990-10-01 0.0000000
1991-01-01 0.0000000
1991-04-01 0.0000000
1991-07-01 0.0000000
1991-10-01 0.0000000
1992-01-01 0.0448029
1992-04-01 0.0224014
1992-07-01 0.0074671
1992-10-01 0.0000000
1993-01-01 0.0000000
1993-04-01 0.0000000
1993-07-01 0.0000000
1993-10-01 0.0432900
1994-01-01 0.0216450
1994-04-01 0.0433552
1994-07-01 0.0180701
1994-10-01 0.0060234
1995-01-01 0.0000000
1995-04-01 0.0000000
1995-07-01 0.0000000
1995-10-01 0.0000000
1996-01-01 0.0481464
1996-04-01 0.0554704
1996-07-01 0.0237230
1996-10-01 0.0052329
1997-01-01 0.0000000
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 0.0321906
1999-04-01 0.0160953
1999-07-01 0.0452773
1999-10-01 0.0570412
2000-01-01 0.0251946
2000-04-01 0.0061809
2000-07-01 0.0000000
2000-10-01 0.0345066
2001-01-01 0.0172533
2001-04-01 0.0057511
2001-07-01 0.0000000
2001-10-01 0.0000000
2002-01-01 0.0000000
2002-04-01 0.0000000
2002-07-01 0.0775946
2002-10-01 0.0387973
2003-01-01 0.0129324
2003-04-01 0.0303951
2003-07-01 0.0991254
2003-10-01 0.0470298
2004-01-01 0.0391073
2004-04-01 0.0364545
2004-07-01 0.0161340
2004-10-01 0.0472538
2005-01-01 0.0657614
2005-04-01 0.0872794
2005-07-01 0.0974253
2005-10-01 0.0605456
2006-01-01 0.0409941
2006-04-01 0.0743371
2006-07-01 0.0758006
2006-10-01 0.0311279
2007-01-01 0.0070080
2007-04-01 0.0000000
2007-07-01 0.0211216
2007-10-01 0.0392964
2008-01-01 0.0178881
2008-04-01 0.0047893
2008-07-01 0.0000000
2008-10-01 0.0000000
2009-01-01 0.0000000
2009-04-01 0.0000000
2009-07-01 0.0000000
2009-10-01 0.0232396
2010-01-01 0.0329919
2010-04-01 0.0382785
2010-07-01 0.0407798
2010-10-01 0.0398449
2011-01-01 0.0574473
2011-04-01 0.0455290
2011-07-01 0.0639388
2011-10-01 0.0713469
2012-01-01 0.0693355
2012-04-01 0.0510462
2012-07-01 0.0379293
2012-10-01 0.0444767
2013-01-01 0.0409357
2013-04-01 0.0387911
2013-07-01 0.0351526
2013-10-01 0.1498343
2014-01-01 0.1814800
2014-04-01 0.3060620
2014-07-01 0.2454522
2014-10-01 0.2704848
2015-01-01 0.3333740
2015-04-01 0.2792595
2015-07-01 0.1584048
2015-10-01 0.1434611
2016-01-01 0.1070602
2016-04-01 0.1002610
2016-07-01 0.1694317
2016-10-01 0.1633707
2017-01-01 0.1896958
2017-04-01 0.1162982
2017-07-01 0.0762247
2017-10-01 0.0244791
2018-01-01 0.0558967
2018-04-01 0.0412692
2018-07-01 0.0164726
2018-10-01 0.0027162
2019-01-01 0.0356125
2019-04-01 0.0923108
2019-07-01 0.0803486
2019-10-01 0.0861044
2020-01-01 0.0894144
2020-04-01 0.0868191
2020-07-01 0.1204187
2020-10-01 0.1831900
2021-01-01 0.1265831
2021-04-01 0.0865491
2021-07-01 0.0512774
2021-10-01 0.0293328
2022-01-01 0.0202876
2022-04-01 0.0197638
2022-07-01 0.0080499
2022-10-01 0.0294034
2023-01-01 0.0683695
2023-04-01 0.0632233
2023-07-01 0.0782400
2023-10-01 0.0319516
2024-01-01 0.0089108
2024-04-01 0.0000000
2024-07-01 0.0000000
2024-10-01 0.0000000
2025-01-01 0.0000000
2025-04-01 0.0395023
2025-07-01 0.0588136

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