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World Pandemic Uncertainty Index for Latvia (WUPILVA)

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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:  0.00000  
Q4 2023:  0.00000  
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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 Pandemic Uncertainty Index is constructed by counting the number of times uncertainty is mentioned within a proximity to a word related to pandemics in the Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Specifically, the index is the percent of the word "uncertain", and its variants, that appear near the pandemic terms in EIU country reports, multiplied by 1,000. A higher number means higher uncertainty related to pandemics and vice versa.

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

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    Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick and Furceri, Davide, World Pandemic Uncertainty Index for Latvia [WUPILVA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WUPILVA, March 13, 2025.

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