Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: National security (EPUNATSEC)

Mar 2026: 645.62028
Updated: May 4, 2026 8:02 AM CDT
Mar 2026:  645.62028  
Feb 2026:  228.95967  
Jan 2026:  282.72908  
Dec 2025:  250.07174  
Nov 2025:  274.21843  
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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: National security [EPUNATSEC], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EPUNATSEC, .

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