Federal Reserve Economic Data

Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States (USEPUINDXD)

Observations

Jan 2019: 146.59
Updated: Dec 4, 2025 8:01 AM CST
Next Release Date: Dec 5, 2025
Jan 2019:  146.59  
Dec 2018:  127.53  
Nov 2018:  79.47  
Oct 2018:  90.25  
Sep 2018:  67.36  
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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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