NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States Series ID: USEPUINDXM Source: Baker, Scott R., Bloom, Nick, Davis, Stephen J. Release: Economic Policy Uncertainty (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Index Date Range: 1985-01-01 to 2024-05-01 Last Updated: 2024-06-03 8:02 AM CDT Notes: This index is constructed from three types of underlying components. http://www.policyuncertainty.com/us_monthly.html 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" (http://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/BakerBloomDavis.pdf) DATE VALUE 1985-01-01 125.22474 1985-02-01 99.02081 1985-03-01 112.19051 1985-04-01 102.81132 1985-05-01 120.08272 1985-06-01 132.71319 1985-07-01 128.00182 1985-08-01 126.76611 1985-09-01 126.76856 1985-10-01 116.05771 1985-11-01 122.03688 1985-12-01 133.24392 1986-01-01 155.93292 1986-02-01 159.46768 1986-03-01 160.19810 1986-04-01 150.36626 1986-05-01 132.63792 1986-06-01 122.51177 1986-07-01 132.11963 1986-08-01 127.55250 1986-09-01 132.01833 1986-10-01 111.50927 1986-11-01 115.02029 1986-12-01 108.96811 1987-01-01 122.11428 1987-02-01 109.14523 1987-03-01 122.08486 1987-04-01 110.85971 1987-05-01 110.04291 1987-06-01 121.15791 1987-07-01 106.34800 1987-08-01 74.83796 1987-09-01 78.98139 1987-10-01 143.60309 1987-11-01 155.42208 1987-12-01 135.47265 1988-01-01 131.52146 1988-02-01 116.58432 1988-03-01 105.05246 1988-04-01 113.65598 1988-05-01 96.14572 1988-06-01 89.78251 1988-07-01 85.18198 1988-08-01 100.15845 1988-09-01 94.55409 1988-10-01 102.23078 1988-11-01 113.95989 1988-12-01 99.66633 1989-01-01 105.07536 1989-02-01 84.84484 1989-03-01 97.21567 1989-04-01 108.86306 1989-05-01 87.81604 1989-06-01 94.83974 1989-07-01 84.56992 1989-08-01 95.86038 1989-09-01 90.91820 1989-10-01 91.59669 1989-11-01 107.84913 1989-12-01 107.09523 1990-01-01 100.35918 1990-02-01 89.59095 1990-03-01 86.06529 1990-04-01 76.66170 1990-05-01 118.53795 1990-06-01 120.52674 1990-07-01 111.56962 1990-08-01 142.16524 1990-09-01 157.69529 1990-10-01 141.11953 1990-11-01 145.29094 1990-12-01 134.48512 1991-01-01 175.65861 1991-02-01 115.21345 1991-03-01 116.02571 1991-04-01 107.24167 1991-05-01 94.75868 1991-06-01 96.93760 1991-07-01 93.53158 1991-08-01 100.59554 1991-09-01 117.04782 1991-10-01 105.54142 1991-11-01 122.24914 1991-12-01 139.99912 1992-01-01 109.20085 1992-02-01 125.53676 1992-03-01 91.70582 1992-04-01 87.58229 1992-05-01 96.87495 1992-06-01 122.34916 1992-07-01 120.91493 1992-08-01 115.90751 1992-09-01 127.01963 1992-10-01 138.52178 1992-11-01 118.77686 1992-12-01 106.86792 1993-01-01 102.53033 1993-02-01 119.96253 1993-03-01 121.55786 1993-04-01 109.25684 1993-05-01 133.58967 1993-06-01 126.04877 1993-07-01 117.58450 1993-08-01 106.03237 1993-09-01 106.27469 1993-10-01 84.48769 1993-11-01 84.55661 1993-12-01 77.52033 1994-01-01 80.00980 1994-02-01 94.59270 1994-03-01 87.00632 1994-04-01 100.41637 1994-05-01 96.52730 1994-06-01 92.37979 1994-07-01 85.37095 1994-08-01 92.82606 1994-09-01 90.63002 1994-10-01 76.49899 1994-11-01 91.77528 1994-12-01 91.79500 1995-01-01 107.95494 1995-02-01 86.32307 1995-03-01 78.09662 1995-04-01 65.99178 1995-05-01 74.70236 1995-06-01 79.67356 1995-07-01 83.03811 1995-08-01 66.76376 1995-09-01 75.22518 1995-10-01 80.62605 1995-11-01 90.53283 1995-12-01 84.34724 1996-01-01 90.66317 1996-02-01 75.83463 1996-03-01 72.65243 1996-04-01 69.19065 1996-05-01 69.42779 1996-06-01 81.17971 1996-07-01 73.61083 1996-08-01 83.65826 1996-09-01 77.97562 1996-10-01 64.19595 1996-11-01 74.20867 1996-12-01 69.97417 1997-01-01 74.96831 1997-02-01 87.69729 1997-03-01 75.01231 1997-04-01 75.45429 1997-05-01 73.45813 1997-06-01 78.48298 1997-07-01 73.89487 1997-08-01 63.80988 1997-09-01 61.15956 1997-10-01 83.65215 1997-11-01 78.39389 1997-12-01 88.74448 1998-01-01 91.04062 1998-02-01 88.81944 1998-03-01 78.38832 1998-04-01 73.20014 1998-05-01 75.85510 1998-06-01 76.28635 1998-07-01 88.17701 1998-08-01 101.40807 1998-09-01 123.96147 1998-10-01 109.88134 1998-11-01 92.94632 1998-12-01 91.40618 1999-01-01 98.64504 1999-02-01 82.38359 1999-03-01 66.00054 1999-04-01 67.53295 1999-05-01 67.08854 1999-06-01 73.01111 1999-07-01 79.81311 1999-08-01 69.55318 1999-09-01 69.81624 1999-10-01 62.71155 1999-11-01 82.06383 1999-12-01 83.80947 2000-01-01 89.20154 2000-02-01 77.60139 2000-03-01 77.54831 2000-04-01 76.05923 2000-05-01 97.98620 2000-06-01 92.96502 2000-07-01 79.44697 2000-08-01 66.58133 2000-09-01 75.14165 2000-10-01 84.66172 2000-11-01 125.06753 2000-12-01 115.26872 2001-01-01 111.41604 2001-02-01 110.91785 2001-03-01 116.02693 2001-04-01 122.67340 2001-05-01 100.42901 2001-06-01 86.39027 2001-07-01 102.13185 2001-08-01 84.28912 2001-09-01 188.05949 2001-10-01 173.14334 2001-11-01 130.57563 2001-12-01 117.23658 2002-01-01 116.83745 2002-02-01 87.60069 2002-03-01 83.44043 2002-04-01 88.56610 2002-05-01 86.29886 2002-06-01 93.61022 2002-07-01 110.30517 2002-08-01 116.01482 2002-09-01 124.04315 2002-10-01 111.88598 2002-11-01 123.28439 2002-12-01 122.22166 2003-01-01 138.95340 2003-02-01 126.72774 2003-03-01 163.52381 2003-04-01 135.62755 2003-05-01 102.61982 2003-06-01 95.82729 2003-07-01 91.74151 2003-08-01 95.67182 2003-09-01 106.11577 2003-10-01 88.04379 2003-11-01 84.91824 2003-12-01 91.73699 2004-01-01 96.56646 2004-02-01 99.45730 2004-03-01 96.78947 2004-04-01 94.11529 2004-05-01 92.32118 2004-06-01 85.34598 2004-07-01 87.54419 2004-08-01 85.92587 2004-09-01 100.01189 2004-10-01 105.69511 2004-11-01 95.24086 2004-12-01 77.59643 2005-01-01 73.91848 2005-02-01 58.95005 2005-03-01 57.55796 2005-04-01 74.56597 2005-05-01 70.50812 2005-06-01 74.56133 2005-07-01 68.71645 2005-08-01 64.39586 2005-09-01 91.40605 2005-10-01 76.16369 2005-11-01 72.21598 2005-12-01 78.04893 2006-01-01 79.17535 2006-02-01 72.69299 2006-03-01 64.22933 2006-04-01 79.76153 2006-05-01 70.83626 2006-06-01 79.49433 2006-07-01 80.56231 2006-08-01 72.76996 2006-09-01 67.06754 2006-10-01 63.46447 2006-11-01 62.51985 2006-12-01 63.37041 2007-01-01 79.01967 2007-02-01 57.20262 2007-03-01 69.88729 2007-04-01 62.50170 2007-05-01 74.68187 2007-06-01 73.29654 2007-07-01 59.32398 2007-08-01 89.10405 2007-09-01 100.74438 2007-10-01 89.45453 2007-11-01 102.44111 2007-12-01 108.54379 2008-01-01 144.98473 2008-02-01 108.10469 2008-03-01 111.71236 2008-04-01 102.19690 2008-05-01 94.28405 2008-06-01 94.55676 2008-07-01 109.78898 2008-08-01 95.87076 2008-09-01 187.74030 2008-10-01 189.91729 2008-11-01 148.84257 2008-12-01 145.99470 2009-01-01 171.94621 2009-02-01 187.11403 2009-03-01 166.90338 2009-04-01 131.85612 2009-05-01 138.80585 2009-06-01 130.93348 2009-07-01 126.28215 2009-08-01 152.55009 2009-09-01 145.44437 2009-10-01 138.13055 2009-11-01 116.16231 2009-12-01 121.22101 2010-01-01 149.35928 2010-02-01 132.79865 2010-03-01 137.47003 2010-04-01 137.07740 2010-05-01 151.10342 2010-06-01 140.56916 2010-07-01 180.01446 2010-08-01 147.30909 2010-09-01 182.14672 2010-10-01 163.42489 2010-11-01 179.13559 2010-12-01 165.40785 2011-01-01 142.17046 2011-02-01 145.50890 2011-03-01 174.35437 2011-04-01 157.49588 2011-05-01 126.19207 2011-06-01 158.08862 2011-07-01 197.91636 2011-08-01 245.12671 2011-09-01 204.62979 2011-10-01 159.73957 2011-11-01 166.33902 2011-12-01 189.39836 2012-01-01 178.28653 2012-02-01 149.63708 2012-03-01 137.55311 2012-04-01 136.59669 2012-05-01 158.56198 2012-06-01 194.61057 2012-07-01 184.87970 2012-08-01 152.35347 2012-09-01 175.27705 2012-10-01 165.94452 2012-11-01 187.49064 2012-12-01 192.82518 2013-01-01 157.53330 2013-02-01 114.65412 2013-03-01 124.94082 2013-04-01 118.71049 2013-05-01 104.30455 2013-06-01 114.61614 2013-07-01 94.03991 2013-08-01 102.77067 2013-09-01 144.40178 2013-10-01 171.02225 2013-11-01 89.90614 2013-12-01 104.60212 2014-01-01 93.50074 2014-02-01 88.98535 2014-03-01 93.46759 2014-04-01 91.11802 2014-05-01 90.39225 2014-06-01 81.00762 2014-07-01 76.64489 2014-08-01 71.26214 2014-09-01 84.33692 2014-10-01 100.20666 2014-11-01 88.56003 2014-12-01 85.18750 2015-01-01 117.16063 2015-02-01 100.31974 2015-03-01 105.21813 2015-04-01 109.64379 2015-05-01 101.01894 2015-06-01 108.95279 2015-07-01 98.91843 2015-08-01 129.69532 2015-09-01 138.72169 2015-10-01 102.89402 2015-11-01 92.10044 2015-12-01 99.34261 2016-01-01 119.01519 2016-02-01 114.62456 2016-03-01 104.19081 2016-04-01 84.25134 2016-05-01 82.04127 2016-06-01 162.62912 2016-07-01 121.96465 2016-08-01 91.82890 2016-09-01 79.80896 2016-10-01 92.51785 2016-11-01 169.37782 2016-12-01 115.15205 2017-01-01 134.86953 2017-02-01 133.33148 2017-03-01 119.77617 2017-04-01 121.57059 2017-05-01 104.17097 2017-06-01 98.75896 2017-07-01 110.75360 2017-08-01 109.17827 2017-09-01 96.75077 2017-10-01 102.16057 2017-11-01 94.48961 2017-12-01 111.49723 2018-01-01 123.65156 2018-02-01 94.00742 2018-03-01 136.33432 2018-04-01 108.21374 2018-05-01 124.93665 2018-06-01 108.62740 2018-07-01 133.08625 2018-08-01 99.13562 2018-09-01 102.66020 2018-10-01 111.51257 2018-11-01 130.22387 2018-12-01 166.28681 2019-01-01 201.03201 2019-02-01 106.90066 2019-03-01 140.24737 2019-04-01 98.73670 2019-05-01 122.53876 2019-06-01 150.11678 2019-07-01 149.97290 2019-08-01 190.46323 2019-09-01 134.36178 2019-10-01 118.48822 2019-11-01 131.75071 2019-12-01 143.46725 2020-01-01 131.39109 2020-02-01 160.51565 2020-03-01 283.14721 2020-04-01 268.61639 2020-05-01 350.45982 2020-06-01 231.25980 2020-07-01 305.96355 2020-08-01 224.42637 2020-09-01 218.05829 2020-10-01 249.17362 2020-11-01 246.70710 2020-12-01 246.12610 2021-01-01 207.91242 2021-02-01 151.93288 2021-03-01 139.80120 2021-04-01 124.88952 2021-05-01 147.01584 2021-06-01 133.57887 2021-07-01 152.91092 2021-08-01 133.81455 2021-09-01 142.06763 2021-10-01 121.95150 2021-11-01 151.28684 2021-12-01 166.24265 2022-01-01 139.23758 2022-02-01 138.05353 2022-03-01 190.01241 2022-04-01 154.66196 2022-05-01 168.00083 2022-06-01 145.97594 2022-07-01 186.92141 2022-08-01 163.23982 2022-09-01 174.18347 2022-10-01 177.42313 2022-11-01 171.73726 2022-12-01 136.43315 2023-01-01 143.09753 2023-02-01 124.10951 2023-03-01 151.91539 2023-04-01 131.39426 2023-05-01 160.16576 2023-06-01 145.02995 2023-07-01 117.76544 2023-08-01 88.46603 2023-09-01 112.37035 2023-10-01 121.67081 2023-11-01 129.44809 2023-12-01 109.74421 2024-01-01 123.94601 2024-02-01 89.21878 2024-03-01 95.18608 2024-04-01 108.55684 2024-05-01 103.42378