Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Government Spending Deficits And Debt (EMVGOVTSPEND)

Observations

May 2026: 1.84136
Updated: Jun 2, 2026 8:04 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Jun 9, 2026
May 2026:  1.84136  
Apr 2026:  0.66852  
Mar 2026:  0.52675  
Feb 2026:  1.82572  
Jan 2026:  1.22191  
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Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

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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:  Monthly

Notes:

The Equity Market Volatility tracker moves with the VIX and with the realized volatility of returns on the S&P 500.

For more information, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2019), 'Policy News and Stack Market Volatility'

Suggested Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick and Davis, Steven J., Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Government Spending Deficits And Debt [EMVGOVTSPEND], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EMVGOVTSPEND, .

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Baker, Scott R. Davis, Stephen J. Economic Policy Uncertainty Budget Volatility Uncertainty Bloom, Nick Equity Debt Expenditures Government Monthly Nation Public Domain: Citation Requested United States of America Not Seasonally Adjusted

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