Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Government spending

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

Observation:

Nov 2019: 42.82786 (+ more)
Updated: Dec 2, 2019

Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

1Y | 5Y | 10Y | Max

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NOTES

Source: Baker, Scott R.

Source: Bloom, Nick

Source: Davis, Stephen J.

Release: Economic Policy Uncertainty

Units: Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

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, Stephen 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, December 15, 2019.

Nov 2019:	42.82786
Oct 2019:	30.80341
Sep 2019:	46.41935
Aug 2019:	64.79422
Jul 2019:	42.12803
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Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Government spending (EPUGOVTSPEND)

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