Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Health care (EPUHEALTHCARE)

Apr 2026: 362.15446
Updated: Jun 1, 2026 8:03 AM CDT
Apr 2026:  362.15446  
Mar 2026:  481.50963  
Feb 2026:  542.52252  
Jan 2026:  681.99859  
Dec 2025:  653.26963  
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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: Health care [EPUHEALTHCARE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EPUHEALTHCARE, .

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