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World Uncertainty Index for United States (WUIUSA)

Observation:

Q4 2023: 0.32815 (+ more)   Updated: Jan 15, 2024
Q4 2023:  0.32815  
Q3 2023:  0.18331  
Q2 2023:  0.58497  
Q1 2023:  0.37177  
Q4 2022:  0.16622  
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Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

NOTES

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.

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, World Uncertainty Index for United States [WUIUSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WUIUSA, March 18, 2024.

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