Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for New Zealand

Title Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for New Zealand
Series ID WUIMANZL
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 1956-01-01 to 2025-10-01
Last Updated 2026-01-15 2:36 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
1956-01-01 0.0482044
1956-04-01 0.0474014
1956-07-01 0.0871646
1956-10-01 0.1659316
1957-01-01 0.0754008
1957-04-01 0.0807230
1957-07-01 0.1539893
1957-10-01 0.0720498
1958-01-01 0.0683788
1958-04-01 0.0238294
1958-07-01 0.0079431
1958-10-01 0.0288143
1959-01-01 0.0482997
1959-04-01 0.0461657
1959-07-01 0.0542077
1959-10-01 0.0222447
1960-01-01 0.0060584
1960-04-01 0.0000000
1960-07-01 0.0000000
1960-10-01 0.0000000
1961-01-01 0.0000000
1961-04-01 0.0258031
1961-07-01 0.0129016
1961-10-01 0.0043005
1962-01-01 0.0595327
1962-04-01 0.0590747
1962-07-01 0.0561469
1962-10-01 0.0515390
1963-01-01 0.0451791
1963-04-01 0.0173862
1963-07-01 0.0355716
1963-10-01 0.0157456
1964-01-01 0.0052485
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 0.0231696
1966-07-01 0.0361337
1966-10-01 0.0161361
1967-01-01 0.0040915
1967-04-01 0.0000000
1967-07-01 0.0332945
1967-10-01 0.0464713
1968-01-01 0.0204611
1968-04-01 0.0049707
1968-07-01 0.0989283
1968-10-01 0.0494641
1969-01-01 0.0489925
1969-04-01 0.0670459
1969-07-01 0.0308142
1969-10-01 0.0763159
1970-01-01 0.1041827
1970-04-01 0.0829702
1970-07-01 0.0691419
1970-10-01 0.1165498
1971-01-01 0.0519667
1971-04-01 0.0151464
1971-07-01 0.0000000
1971-10-01 0.0000000
1972-01-01 0.0315856
1972-04-01 0.0157928
1972-07-01 0.0376320
1972-10-01 0.0161838
1973-01-01 0.0465808
1973-04-01 0.0205931
1973-07-01 0.0068644
1973-10-01 0.0000000
1974-01-01 0.0000000
1974-04-01 0.0000000
1974-07-01 0.0000000
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 0.0735429
1976-07-01 0.1461807
1976-10-01 0.1061544
1977-01-01 0.0663415
1977-04-01 0.0207873
1977-07-01 0.0262988
1977-10-01 0.0107735
1978-01-01 0.0035912
1978-04-01 0.0530997
1978-07-01 0.0265498
1978-10-01 0.0088499
1979-01-01 0.0000000
1979-04-01 0.0000000
1979-07-01 0.0242748
1979-10-01 0.0121374
1980-01-01 0.1040458
1980-04-01 0.1069719
1980-07-01 0.0739379
1980-10-01 0.0238880
1981-01-01 0.0047975
1981-04-01 0.0271444
1981-07-01 0.0135722
1981-10-01 0.0334300
1982-01-01 0.0144530
1982-04-01 0.0355302
1982-07-01 0.0153563
1982-10-01 0.0407250
1983-01-01 0.0609344
1983-04-01 0.0647024
1983-07-01 0.0793588
1983-10-01 0.0589589
1984-01-01 0.0806955
1984-04-01 0.0609041
1984-07-01 0.0483362
1984-10-01 0.0170043
1985-01-01 0.0041578
1985-04-01 0.0061457
1985-07-01 0.0093695
1985-10-01 0.0041726
1986-01-01 0.0132264
1986-04-01 0.0120636
1986-07-01 0.0112394
1986-10-01 0.0041071
1987-01-01 0.0010371
1987-04-01 0.0084349
1987-07-01 0.0117817
1987-10-01 0.0306689
1988-01-01 0.0582718
1988-04-01 0.0263821
1988-07-01 0.0251184
1988-10-01 0.0460447
1989-01-01 0.0718248
1989-04-01 0.1885380
1989-07-01 0.1052776
1989-10-01 0.1390651
1990-01-01 0.0549077
1990-04-01 0.0809956
1990-07-01 0.0722724
1990-10-01 0.0308271
1991-01-01 0.0466724
1991-04-01 0.0199681
1991-07-01 0.0066560
1991-10-01 0.0000000
1992-01-01 0.0154763
1992-04-01 0.0320129
1992-07-01 0.0248173
1992-10-01 0.0322509
1993-01-01 0.0382843
1993-04-01 0.0268136
1993-07-01 0.0225110
1993-10-01 0.0742674
1994-01-01 0.0461111
1994-04-01 0.1217628
1994-07-01 0.0892812
1994-10-01 0.0872635
1995-01-01 0.0450196
1995-04-01 0.0298912
1995-07-01 0.0094979
1995-10-01 0.0024402
1996-01-01 0.0708466
1996-04-01 0.0497407
1996-07-01 0.0804860
1996-10-01 0.1069195
1997-01-01 0.0710993
1997-04-01 0.0781690
1997-07-01 0.0818728
1997-10-01 0.0344487
1998-01-01 0.0084888
1998-04-01 0.0148236
1998-07-01 0.0351414
1998-10-01 0.0163354
1999-01-01 0.0046216
1999-04-01 0.0527287
1999-07-01 0.0539582
1999-10-01 0.0544220
2000-01-01 0.0353367
2000-04-01 0.0293755
2000-07-01 0.0261548
2000-10-01 0.0710419
2001-01-01 0.0476854
2001-04-01 0.0485700
2001-07-01 0.0626761
2001-10-01 0.1773370
2002-01-01 0.1794785
2002-04-01 0.0735310
2002-07-01 0.0472717
2002-10-01 0.0568847
2003-01-01 0.0485947
2003-04-01 0.0601905
2003-07-01 0.0498883
2003-10-01 0.0328034
2004-01-01 0.0108132
2004-04-01 0.0172967
2004-07-01 0.0075443
2004-10-01 0.0025148
2005-01-01 0.0301091
2005-04-01 0.0447789
2005-07-01 0.0198803
2005-10-01 0.0049541
2006-01-01 0.0000000
2006-04-01 0.0150263
2006-07-01 0.0502878
2006-10-01 0.0381764
2007-01-01 0.0142715
2007-04-01 0.0180695
2007-07-01 0.0078444
2007-10-01 0.0435606
2008-01-01 0.0459506
2008-04-01 0.0445538
2008-07-01 0.0420934
2008-10-01 0.0663153
2009-01-01 0.0289625
2009-04-01 0.0313591
2009-07-01 0.0115567
2009-10-01 0.0038522
2010-01-01 0.0226680
2010-04-01 0.0338692
2010-07-01 0.0829419
2010-10-01 0.0377040
2011-01-01 0.0113161
2011-04-01 0.0229727
2011-07-01 0.0342472
2011-10-01 0.0606793
2012-01-01 0.0265285
2012-04-01 0.0453820
2012-07-01 0.0570479
2012-10-01 0.0693635
2013-01-01 0.0283526
2013-04-01 0.0449115
2013-07-01 0.0526395
2013-10-01 0.0231881
2014-01-01 0.0423725
2014-04-01 0.0373120
2014-07-01 0.0339522
2014-10-01 0.0123363
2015-01-01 0.0551836
2015-04-01 0.0608265
2015-07-01 0.0510477
2015-10-01 0.0182832
2016-01-01 0.0041630
2016-04-01 0.0150512
2016-07-01 0.0756300
2016-10-01 0.1695395
2017-01-01 0.1747041
2017-04-01 0.1173678
2017-07-01 0.1151090
2017-10-01 0.1070035
2018-01-01 0.1576242
2018-04-01 0.0915999
2018-07-01 0.0951757
2018-10-01 0.1299410
2019-01-01 0.0793057
2019-04-01 0.0539958
2019-07-01 0.1394164
2019-10-01 0.1386106
2020-01-01 0.0773701
2020-04-01 0.0224307
2020-07-01 0.0596563
2020-10-01 0.0481596
2021-01-01 0.0193936
2021-04-01 0.0033403
2021-07-01 0.0207965
2021-10-01 0.0864656
2022-01-01 0.0866643
2022-04-01 0.0871524
2022-07-01 0.0501132
2022-10-01 0.0689760
2023-01-01 0.0585862
2023-04-01 0.1159353
2023-07-01 0.0751866
2023-10-01 0.0274123
2024-01-01 0.0040062
2024-04-01 0.0139772
2024-07-01 0.0347048
2024-10-01 0.0556276
2025-01-01 0.0836103
2025-04-01 0.0735745
2025-07-01 0.0732142
2025-10-01 0.0725488

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