Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Entitlement And Welfare Programs (EMVWELFARE)

Observations

Aug 2026: 2.98855
Updated: Sep 18, 2026 8:03 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Sep 23, 2026
Aug 2026:  2.98855  
Jul 2026:  2.11453  
Jun 2026:  1.33837  
May 2026:  2.73216  
Apr 2026:  1.66782  
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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: Entitlement And Welfare Programs [EMVWELFARE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EMVWELFARE, .

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