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

Observations

Aug 2026: 219.20905
Updated: Sep 7, 2026 8:03 AM CDT
Next Release Date: Sep 18, 2026
Aug 2026:  219.20905  
Jul 2026:  222.61084  
Jun 2026:  269.78716  
May 2026:  328.45963  
Apr 2026:  298.61211  
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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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