Federal Reserve Economic Data

Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Categorical Index: Trade policy (EPUTRADE)

Oct 2025: 2,568.56345
Updated: Dec 1, 2025 8:02 AM CST
Oct 2025:  2,568.56345  
Sep 2025:  3,767.43129  
Aug 2025:  2,727.15361  
Jul 2025:  3,371.64393  
Jun 2025:  3,537.46987  
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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: Trade policy [EPUTRADE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EPUTRADE, .

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