Federal Reserve Economic Data

Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States (USEPUINDXD)

Observations

2025-08-15: 266.80
Updated: Jan 2, 2026 8:02 AM CST
Next Release Date: Jan 5, 2026
2025-08-15:  266.80  
2025-08-08:  331.84  
2025-08-01:  299.21  
2025-07-25:  313.04  
2025-07-18:  428.38  
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Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Weekly,
Ending Friday,
Average

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Notes

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, .

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