Federal Reserve Economic Data

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

Observations

Oct 2025: 242.81618
Updated: Dec 1, 2025 8:02 AM CST
Next Release Date: Dec 16, 2025
Oct 2025:  242.81618  
Sep 2025:  228.68564  
Aug 2025:  185.19977  
Jul 2025:  256.16082  
Jun 2025:  533.52789  
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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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