Title: World Pandemic Uncertainty Index for Lao P.D.R. Series ID: WUPILAO 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: 1996-01-01 to 2023-10-01 Last Updated: 2024-01-15 2:03 PM CST Notes: The World Pandemic Uncertainty Index is constructed by counting the number of times uncertainty is mentioned within a proximity to a word related to pandemics in the Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Specifically, the index is the percent of the word "uncertain", and its variants, that appear near the pandemic terms in EIU country reports, multiplied by 1,000. A higher number means higher uncertainty related to pandemics and vice versa. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3275033) for additional explanation. DATE VALUE 1996-01-01 0.000000 1996-04-01 0.000000 1996-07-01 0.000000 1996-10-01 0.000000 1997-01-01 0.000000 1997-04-01 0.000000 1997-07-01 0.000000 1997-10-01 0.000000 1998-01-01 0.000000 1998-04-01 0.000000 1998-07-01 0.000000 1998-10-01 0.000000 1999-01-01 0.000000 1999-04-01 0.000000 1999-07-01 0.000000 1999-10-01 0.000000 2000-01-01 0.000000 2000-04-01 0.000000 2000-07-01 0.000000 2000-10-01 0.000000 2001-01-01 0.000000 2001-04-01 0.000000 2001-07-01 0.000000 2001-10-01 0.000000 2002-01-01 0.000000 2002-04-01 0.000000 2002-07-01 0.000000 2002-10-01 0.000000 2003-01-01 0.000000 2003-04-01 101.818200 2003-07-01 0.000000 2003-10-01 0.000000 2004-01-01 0.000000 2004-04-01 0.000000 2004-07-01 0.000000 2004-10-01 0.000000 2005-01-01 0.000000 2005-04-01 0.000000 2005-07-01 0.000000 2005-10-01 0.000000 2006-01-01 0.000000 2006-04-01 0.000000 2006-07-01 0.000000 2006-10-01 0.000000 2007-01-01 0.000000 2007-04-01 0.000000 2007-07-01 0.000000 2007-10-01 0.000000 2008-01-01 0.000000 2008-04-01 0.000000 2008-07-01 0.000000 2008-10-01 0.000000 2009-01-01 0.000000 2009-04-01 0.000000 2009-07-01 0.000000 2009-10-01 0.000000 2010-01-01 0.000000 2010-04-01 0.000000 2010-07-01 0.000000 2010-10-01 0.000000 2011-01-01 0.000000 2011-04-01 0.000000 2011-07-01 0.000000 2011-10-01 0.000000 2012-01-01 0.000000 2012-04-01 0.000000 2012-07-01 0.000000 2012-10-01 0.000000 2013-01-01 0.000000 2013-04-01 0.000000 2013-07-01 0.000000 2013-10-01 0.000000 2014-01-01 0.000000 2014-04-01 0.000000 2014-07-01 0.000000 2014-10-01 0.000000 2015-01-01 0.000000 2015-04-01 0.000000 2015-07-01 0.000000 2015-10-01 0.000000 2016-01-01 0.000000 2016-04-01 0.000000 2016-07-01 0.000000 2016-10-01 0.000000 2017-01-01 0.000000 2017-04-01 0.000000 2017-07-01 0.000000 2017-10-01 0.000000 2018-01-01 0.000000 2018-04-01 0.000000 2018-07-01 0.000000 2018-10-01 0.000000 2019-01-01 0.000000 2019-04-01 0.000000 2019-07-01 0.000000 2019-10-01 0.000000 2020-01-01 6.300403 2020-04-01 0.000000 2020-07-01 0.000000 2020-10-01 0.000000 2021-01-01 0.000000 2021-04-01 19.542700 2021-07-01 14.877630 2021-10-01 10.785160 2022-01-01 4.969191 2022-04-01 18.504810 2022-07-01 0.000000 2022-10-01 0.000000 2023-01-01 0.000000 2023-04-01 0.000000 2023-07-01 0.000000 2023-10-01 0.000000