Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: News-Based Index for the United States (USEPUNEWSINDXM)

Observations

Feb 2026: 385.99548
Updated: Feb 27, 2026 8:02 AM CST
Next Release Date: Mar 13, 2026
Feb 2026:  385.99548  
Jan 2026:  371.33496  
Dec 2025:  288.59500  
Nov 2025:  311.64987  
Oct 2025:  308.34039  
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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 monthly news-based Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is based on newspapers in the United States.

For additional details, including an analysis of the performance of the model, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2012), "Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty"

Suggested Citation:

Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick and Davis, Steven J., Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: News-Based Index for the United States [USEPUNEWSINDXM], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USEPUNEWSINDXM, .

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