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Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States (USEPUINDXD)

Source: Baker, Scott R.

Source: Bloom, Nick

Source: Davis, Steven J.

Release: Economic Policy Uncertainty

Units: Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Daily, 7-Day

Notes:

The daily news-based Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is based on newspapers in the United States.

For additional details, including an analysis of the performance of the model, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2012), "Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty"

Suggested Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick and Davis, Steven J., Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States [USEPUINDXD], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPUINDXD, .

Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Trade policy (EPUTRADE)

Source: Baker, Scott R.

Source: Bloom, Nick

Source: Davis, Steven J.

Release: Economic Policy Uncertainty

Units: Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

The EPU Categorical Data include a range of sub-indexes based solely on news data. These are derived using results from the Access World News database of over 2,000 US newspapers.

For further explanation, please see the source page on Categorical EPU data.

Suggested Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick and Davis, Steven J., Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Trade policy [EPUTRADE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EPUTRADE, .