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 Iraq Series ID: WUIMAIRQ 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: 1954-01-01 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 1954-01-01 0.0000000 1954-04-01 0.0000000 1954-07-01 0.0000000 1954-10-01 0.0000000 1955-01-01 0.0000000 1955-04-01 0.0000000 1955-07-01 0.0000000 1955-10-01 0.0000000 1956-01-01 0.0000000 1956-04-01 0.0000000 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 0.0523560 1958-04-01 0.0261780 1958-07-01 0.2154800 1958-10-01 0.1555963 1959-01-01 0.1099148 1959-04-01 0.0333763 1959-07-01 0.0082244 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 0.0180701 1963-04-01 0.0485959 1963-07-01 0.0413502 1963-10-01 0.0346483 1964-01-01 0.0124809 1964-04-01 0.0216230 1964-07-01 0.0285240 1964-10-01 0.0127208 1965-01-01 0.0032129 1965-04-01 0.0000000 1965-07-01 0.0697918 1965-10-01 0.0825320 1966-01-01 0.0354500 1966-04-01 0.0598739 1966-07-01 0.1202402 1966-10-01 0.1385623 1967-01-01 0.0570972 1967-04-01 0.0577897 1967-07-01 0.0219974 1967-10-01 0.0334013 1968-01-01 0.0843039 1968-04-01 0.0708628 1968-07-01 0.0724411 1968-10-01 0.0277078 1969-01-01 0.0597577 1969-04-01 0.0261188 1969-07-01 0.0087063 1969-10-01 0.0000000 1970-01-01 0.0248016 1970-04-01 0.0124008 1970-07-01 0.0041336 1970-10-01 0.0000000 1971-01-01 0.0286369 1971-04-01 0.0366050 1971-07-01 0.0326581 1971-10-01 0.0326278 1972-01-01 0.0130615 1972-04-01 0.0034237 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 0.0000000 1974-04-01 0.0215031 1974-07-01 0.0258322 1974-10-01 0.0111242 1975-01-01 0.0025134 1975-04-01 0.0000000 1975-07-01 0.0000000 1975-10-01 0.0000000 1976-01-01 0.0193836 1976-04-01 0.0347231 1976-07-01 0.0347072 1976-10-01 0.0574736 1977-01-01 0.0836273 1977-04-01 0.1031376 1977-07-01 0.0750322 1977-10-01 0.0612664 1978-01-01 0.0224207 1978-04-01 0.0056961 1978-07-01 0.0151343 1978-10-01 0.0075672 1979-01-01 0.0025224 1979-04-01 0.0808898 1979-07-01 0.0929108 1979-10-01 0.0716380 1980-01-01 0.0403616 1980-04-01 0.0634459 1980-07-01 0.0277581 1980-10-01 0.0881023 1981-01-01 0.0934934 1981-04-01 0.0401034 1981-07-01 0.0089389 1981-10-01 0.0923077 1982-01-01 0.0584517 1982-04-01 0.0325219 1982-07-01 0.0245405 1982-10-01 0.0374705 1983-01-01 0.0164031 1983-04-01 0.0181224 1983-07-01 0.0314695 1983-10-01 0.0244421 1984-01-01 0.0282443 1984-04-01 0.0173741 1984-07-01 0.0062660 1984-10-01 0.0148784 1985-01-01 0.0172055 1985-04-01 0.0251722 1985-07-01 0.0105749 1985-10-01 0.0290990 1986-01-01 0.0231811 1986-04-01 0.0331582 1986-07-01 0.0220820 1986-10-01 0.0424351 1987-01-01 0.0302682 1987-04-01 0.0555914 1987-07-01 0.0361746 1987-10-01 0.0248778 1988-01-01 0.0077533 1988-04-01 0.0694395 1988-07-01 0.0662579 1988-10-01 0.0275012 1989-01-01 0.0054152 1989-04-01 0.0692941 1989-07-01 0.0671119 1989-10-01 0.0898868 1990-01-01 0.0364635 1990-04-01 0.0103509 1990-07-01 0.0132661 1990-10-01 0.0207295 1991-01-01 0.0092592 1991-04-01 0.0157885 1991-07-01 0.0228564 1991-10-01 0.0254209 1992-01-01 0.0453304 1992-04-01 0.0357093 1992-07-01 0.0367849 1992-10-01 0.0141647 1993-01-01 0.0038522 1993-04-01 0.0122775 1993-07-01 0.0503279 1993-10-01 0.0241408 1994-01-01 0.0243717 1994-04-01 0.0250817 1994-07-01 0.0111236 1994-10-01 0.0027630 1995-01-01 0.0120569 1995-04-01 0.0470121 1995-07-01 0.0225013 1995-10-01 0.0068306 1996-01-01 0.0000000 1996-04-01 0.0000000 1996-07-01 0.0169019 1996-10-01 0.0245152 1997-01-01 0.0283209 1997-04-01 0.0302563 1997-07-01 0.0123335 1997-10-01 0.0242688 1998-01-01 0.0433779 1998-04-01 0.0199283 1998-07-01 0.0054690 1998-10-01 0.0000000 1999-01-01 0.0168350 1999-04-01 0.0084175 1999-07-01 0.0317347 1999-10-01 0.0442197 2000-01-01 0.0327420 2000-04-01 0.0430713 2000-07-01 0.0921036 2000-10-01 0.1123800 2001-01-01 0.0750804 2001-04-01 0.0668958 2001-07-01 0.0534613 2001-10-01 0.0709653 2002-01-01 0.0823617 2002-04-01 0.0346684 2002-07-01 0.0087789 2002-10-01 0.0547226 2003-01-01 0.0647445 2003-04-01 0.0375963 2003-07-01 0.0228220 2003-10-01 0.0196718 2004-01-01 0.0080456 2004-04-01 0.0227134 2004-07-01 0.0103407 2004-10-01 0.0034469 2005-01-01 0.0000000 2005-04-01 0.0000000 2005-07-01 0.0225149 2005-10-01 0.0112575 2006-01-01 0.0143553 2006-04-01 0.0053014 2006-07-01 0.0017671 2006-10-01 0.0106502 2007-01-01 0.0053251 2007-04-01 0.0126796 2007-07-01 0.0579374 2007-10-01 0.0622159 2008-01-01 0.0258255 2008-04-01 0.0056927 2008-07-01 0.0000000 2008-10-01 0.0221117 2009-01-01 0.0338582 2009-04-01 0.0150865 2009-07-01 0.0244786 2009-10-01 0.0464532 2010-01-01 0.0849955 2010-04-01 0.0596733 2010-07-01 0.0636458 2010-10-01 0.0935057 2011-01-01 0.0851960 2011-04-01 0.0752887 2011-07-01 0.0492669 2011-10-01 0.0399300 2012-01-01 0.0584504 2012-04-01 0.0912002 2012-07-01 0.0804860 2012-10-01 0.0591634 2013-01-01 0.0791998 2013-04-01 0.0537840 2013-07-01 0.0804262 2013-10-01 0.0336850 2014-01-01 0.0311518 2014-04-01 0.0258928 2014-07-01 0.0223598 2014-10-01 0.0218418 2015-01-01 0.0309385 2015-04-01 0.0493525 2015-07-01 0.0216825 2015-10-01 0.0229015 2016-01-01 0.0084545 2016-04-01 0.0181485 2016-07-01 0.0290556 2016-10-01 0.0639056 2017-01-01 0.0667895 2017-04-01 0.0466328 2017-07-01 0.0159371 2017-10-01 0.0202849 2018-01-01 0.0255270 2018-04-01 0.0113403 2018-07-01 0.0659560 2018-10-01 0.0315623 2019-01-01 0.0105208 2019-04-01 0.0354139 2019-07-01 0.0425147 2019-10-01 0.0183062 2020-01-01 0.0547547 2020-04-01 0.0617488 2020-07-01 0.0623618 2020-10-01 0.0426807 2021-01-01 0.0791445 2021-04-01 0.1013304 2021-07-01 0.0437843 2021-10-01 0.0657490 2022-01-01 0.0472483 2022-04-01 0.1035491 2022-07-01 0.0663849 2022-10-01 0.0798445 2023-01-01 0.0450954 2023-04-01 0.0686105 2023-07-01 0.0970234 2023-10-01 0.0429817 2024-01-01 0.0114155