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Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Malawi (WUIMAMWI)

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Q4 2024: 0.00000
Updated: Jan 15, 2025 2:18 PM CST
Next Release Date: Not Available
Q4 2024:  0.00000  
Q3 2024:  0.00000  
Q2 2024:  0.00000  
Q1 2024:  0.01425  
Q4 2023:  0.04757  
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    Source: Ahir, Hites

    Source: Bloom, Nick

    Source: Furceri, Davide

    Release: World Uncertainty Index  

    Units:  Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

    Frequency:  Quarterly

    Notes:

    The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. This smoothed version of the index is preferred over the index for country-level data. The 3-quarter weighted moving average is computed as follows: 1996Q4 = (1996Q4*0.6) + (1996Q3*0.3) + (1996Q2*0.1)/3.

    Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation.

    Suggested Citation:

    Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick and Furceri, Davide, Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Malawi [WUIMAMWI], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WUIMAMWI, April 6, 2025.

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