Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Government spending

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

Observation:

Apr 2022: 73.71068 (+ more)
Updated: May 2, 2022

Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

1Y | 5Y | 10Y | Max

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, May 21, 2022.

Apr 2022:	73.71068
Mar 2022:	98.62169
Feb 2022:	19.36962
Jan 2022:	55.77014
Dec 2021:	82.19242
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Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Government spending (EPUGOVTSPEND)

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