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

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Mar 2025: 446.02786
Updated: Apr 3, 2025 8:02 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Apr 4, 2025
Mar 2025:  446.02786  
Feb 2025:  329.30515  
Jan 2025:  236.78707  
Dec 2024:  218.84548  
Nov 2024:  225.04903  
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    Notes

    Source: Baker, Scott R.

    Source: Bloom, Nick

    Source: Davis, Stephen 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, Stephen 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, April 10, 2025.

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