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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, .

Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Current Price Adjusted GDP (GEPUCURRENT)

Source: Baker, Scott R.

Source: Bloom, Nick

Source: Davis, Steven J.

Release: Economic Policy Uncertainty

Units: Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is a GDP-weighted average of national EPU indices for 20 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States..

For additional details, including an analysis of the performance of the model, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2016), "Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty"

Suggested Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick and Davis, Steven J., Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Current Price Adjusted GDP [GEPUCURRENT], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GEPUCURRENT, .