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

Observations

Apr 2025: 371.41482
Updated: Jun 2, 2025 8:02 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Jun 10, 2025
Apr 2025:  371.41482  
Mar 2025:  526.66807  
Feb 2025:  324.81819  
Jan 2025:  208.06876  
Dec 2024:  144.52786  
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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, Stephen 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, 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, .

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