Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Macroeconomic News and Outlook: Consumer Spending And Sentiment (EMVMACROCONSUME)

Mar 2026: 3.53986
Updated: Apr 6, 2026 8:02 AM CDT
Mar 2026:  3.53986  
Feb 2026:  2.01765  
Jan 2026:  1.62922  
Dec 2025:  3.48270  
Nov 2025:  1.42312  
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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: Macroeconomic News and Outlook: Consumer Spending And Sentiment [EMVMACROCONSUME], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EMVMACROCONSUME, .

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