Monthly Indices

Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Indices

	Index
Name	Apr 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2025
Overall Category EPU Index	325.70349	391.08672	536.89983
Monetary policy	196.70348	277.69959	452.76532
Fiscal Policy (Taxes OR Spending)	303.26414	369.20609	688.94801
Taxes	336.77403	400.76601	738.80059
Government spending	136.18126	211.06116	370.92482
Health care	362.15446	481.50963	713.75444
National security	537.81090	648.34855	765.61537
Entitlement programs	259.59241	348.59502	688.93701
Regulation	374.07464	450.67792	443.26268
Financial Regulation	428.91377	495.94666	401.19509
Trade policy	1,721.71671	2,194.96991	7,955.64698
Sovereign debt, currency crises	233.08838	241.34350	508.72495