Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Government spending (EPUGOVTSPEND)

Mar 2026: 211.97862
Updated: May 4, 2026 8:02 AM CDT
Mar 2026:  211.97862  
Feb 2026:  183.13029  
Jan 2026:  232.61297  
Dec 2025:  222.85369  
Nov 2025:  294.16563  
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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 EPU Categorical Data include a range of sub-indexes based solely on news data. These are derived using results from the Access World News database of over 2,000 US newspapers.

For further explanation, please see the source page on Categorical EPU data.

Suggested Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick and Davis, Steven J., Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Government spending [EPUGOVTSPEND], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EPUGOVTSPEND, .

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