Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Canada

Title Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Canada
Series ID WUIMACAN
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 1952-10-01 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
1952-10-01 0.0000000
1953-01-01 0.0334672
1953-04-01 0.0167336
1953-07-01 0.0055779
1953-10-01 0.0880153
1954-01-01 0.1069469
1954-04-01 0.1158435
1954-07-01 0.1111822
1954-10-01 0.0445374
1955-01-01 0.0109733
1955-04-01 0.0442331
1955-07-01 0.0221166
1955-10-01 0.0285699
1956-01-01 0.0105988
1956-04-01 0.0035329
1956-07-01 0.0000000
1956-10-01 0.0000000
1957-01-01 0.0385134
1957-04-01 0.1199616
1957-07-01 0.0777138
1957-10-01 0.0518859
1958-01-01 0.0711997
1958-04-01 0.0318021
1958-07-01 0.0092323
1958-10-01 0.0521784
1959-01-01 0.0260892
1959-04-01 0.0086964
1959-07-01 0.0000000
1959-10-01 0.0274236
1960-01-01 0.0137118
1960-04-01 0.0045706
1960-07-01 0.0511574
1960-10-01 0.0508153
1961-01-01 0.0435084
1961-04-01 0.0583111
1961-07-01 0.0483156
1961-10-01 0.0187172
1962-01-01 0.0443977
1962-04-01 0.0202716
1962-07-01 0.0511671
1962-10-01 0.0423784
1963-01-01 0.0174884
1963-04-01 0.0222159
1963-07-01 0.0496602
1963-10-01 0.0791926
1964-01-01 0.0739999
1964-04-01 0.0289860
1964-07-01 0.0334689
1964-10-01 0.0573907
1965-01-01 0.0906992
1965-04-01 0.0710013
1965-07-01 0.0496231
1965-10-01 0.0168280
1966-01-01 0.1052504
1966-04-01 0.0717564
1966-07-01 0.0650533
1966-10-01 0.0843377
1967-01-01 0.0673492
1967-04-01 0.0535720
1967-07-01 0.0481440
1967-10-01 0.1177625
1968-01-01 0.0790092
1968-04-01 0.0609655
1968-07-01 0.0384024
1968-10-01 0.0523883
1969-01-01 0.1152644
1969-04-01 0.0529536
1969-07-01 0.0356522
1969-10-01 0.0325186
1970-01-01 0.0651397
1970-04-01 0.0290221
1970-07-01 0.0289747
1970-10-01 0.0339682
1971-01-01 0.1189201
1971-04-01 0.0862610
1971-07-01 0.0539182
1971-10-01 0.1438220
1972-01-01 0.1485587
1972-04-01 0.0955727
1972-07-01 0.0303686
1972-10-01 0.0056245
1973-01-01 0.0000000
1973-04-01 0.0000000
1973-07-01 0.0459559
1973-10-01 0.0656355
1974-01-01 0.0908629
1974-04-01 0.2130470
1974-07-01 0.1506154
1974-10-01 0.0753740
1975-01-01 0.0187034
1975-04-01 0.0648205
1975-07-01 0.0633809
1975-10-01 0.0448037
1976-01-01 0.0884885
1976-04-01 0.0487524
1976-07-01 0.0166953
1976-10-01 0.0662456
1977-01-01 0.0682834
1977-04-01 0.0287427
1977-07-01 0.0304794
1977-10-01 0.0122489
1978-01-01 0.0335902
1978-04-01 0.0269554
1978-07-01 0.0261097
1978-10-01 0.0289740
1979-01-01 0.0122126
1979-04-01 0.0327637
1979-07-01 0.0309954
1979-10-01 0.0306378
1980-01-01 0.0931048
1980-04-01 0.0971342
1980-07-01 0.0695851
1980-10-01 0.0447728
1981-01-01 0.0310529
1981-04-01 0.0113169
1981-07-01 0.0201198
1981-10-01 0.0087635
1982-01-01 0.0029212
1982-04-01 0.0000000
1982-07-01 0.0217202
1982-10-01 0.0108601
1983-01-01 0.0036200
1983-04-01 0.0000000
1983-07-01 0.0000000
1983-10-01 0.0000000
1984-01-01 0.0097680
1984-04-01 0.0138002
1984-07-01 0.0060861
1984-10-01 0.0014860
1985-01-01 0.0000000
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 0.0000000
1986-10-01 0.0000000
1987-01-01 0.0000000
1987-04-01 0.0000000
1987-07-01 0.0000000
1987-10-01 0.0101404
1988-01-01 0.0221672
1988-04-01 0.0102385
1988-07-01 0.0028495
1988-10-01 0.0182849
1989-01-01 0.0293936
1989-04-01 0.0131730
1989-07-01 0.0033752
1989-10-01 0.0000000
1990-01-01 0.0189161
1990-04-01 0.0283189
1990-07-01 0.0439753
1990-10-01 0.0346449
1991-01-01 0.0718072
1991-04-01 0.0722633
1991-07-01 0.0448061
1991-10-01 0.0141559
1992-01-01 0.0024802
1992-04-01 0.0788395
1992-07-01 0.0535901
1992-10-01 0.0808189
1993-01-01 0.1495288
1993-04-01 0.1059452
1993-07-01 0.0992825
1993-10-01 0.0931988
1994-01-01 0.0613695
1994-04-01 0.0961770
1994-07-01 0.1117547
1994-10-01 0.0731631
1995-01-01 0.0489128
1995-04-01 0.0951195
1995-07-01 0.0433984
1995-10-01 0.0641699
1996-01-01 0.0791722
1996-04-01 0.0638006
1996-07-01 0.0511002
1996-10-01 0.0453582
1997-01-01 0.0457265
1997-04-01 0.0333258
1997-07-01 0.0264595
1997-10-01 0.0271232
1998-01-01 0.0435315
1998-04-01 0.0191169
1998-07-01 0.0849253
1998-10-01 0.0715807
1999-01-01 0.0291634
1999-04-01 0.0053032
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 0.0149499
2001-01-01 0.0642488
2001-04-01 0.0904378
2001-07-01 0.0824914
2001-10-01 0.1371479
2002-01-01 0.0600066
2002-04-01 0.1160085
2002-07-01 0.0492045
2002-10-01 0.0716006
2003-01-01 0.0544524
2003-04-01 0.0951216
2003-07-01 0.0658788
2003-10-01 0.0529750
2004-01-01 0.0183499
2004-04-01 0.0192434
2004-07-01 0.0903129
2004-10-01 0.0728834
2005-01-01 0.0283104
2005-04-01 0.0048229
2005-07-01 0.0412967
2005-10-01 0.0601793
2006-01-01 0.0658255
2006-04-01 0.0397208
2006-07-01 0.0547093
2006-10-01 0.0497386
2007-01-01 0.0474657
2007-04-01 0.0733643
2007-07-01 0.0321861
2007-10-01 0.0245681
2008-01-01 0.0538107
2008-04-01 0.0256262
2008-07-01 0.0076894
2008-10-01 0.0000000
2009-01-01 0.0000000
2009-04-01 0.0202655
2009-07-01 0.0507254
2009-10-01 0.0607728
2010-01-01 0.0468992
2010-04-01 0.0583960
2010-07-01 0.0660353
2010-10-01 0.0481110
2011-01-01 0.0361415
2011-04-01 0.0516992
2011-07-01 0.0595656
2011-10-01 0.0633673
2012-01-01 0.0646522
2012-04-01 0.0777092
2012-07-01 0.0972665
2012-10-01 0.0850100
2013-01-01 0.0676143
2013-04-01 0.0247370
2013-07-01 0.0274604
2013-10-01 0.0244357
2014-01-01 0.0104131
2014-04-01 0.0136335
2014-07-01 0.0056828
2014-10-01 0.0146877
2015-01-01 0.0608815
2015-04-01 0.0567232
2015-07-01 0.0781721
2015-10-01 0.0490437
2016-01-01 0.0331250
2016-04-01 0.0213976
2016-07-01 0.0226300
2016-10-01 0.0731805
2017-01-01 0.1384331
2017-04-01 0.1035010
2017-07-01 0.0516923
2017-10-01 0.0444773
2018-01-01 0.0469066
2018-04-01 0.0483946
2018-07-01 0.0628775
2018-10-01 0.0830635
2019-01-01 0.1034732
2019-04-01 0.1563690
2019-07-01 0.1220941
2019-10-01 0.1875712
2020-01-01 0.2484172
2020-04-01 0.1354905
2020-07-01 0.0635777
2020-10-01 0.0556393
2021-01-01 0.0472627
2021-04-01 0.0468456
2021-07-01 0.0663226
2021-10-01 0.0288345
2022-01-01 0.0813645
2022-04-01 0.0611055
2022-07-01 0.0548996
2022-10-01 0.0605337
2023-01-01 0.0530312
2023-04-01 0.0728154
2023-07-01 0.0457074
2023-10-01 0.0472607
2024-01-01 0.0589479
2024-04-01 0.0526685
2024-07-01 0.0600774
2024-10-01 0.0795899
2025-01-01 0.1700181
2025-04-01 0.2603226
2025-07-01 0.3875152

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