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: News-Based Index for the United States Series ID: USEPUNEWSINDXM 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 2024-04-01 Last Updated: 2024-05-15 8:02 AM CDT 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" (http://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/BakerBloomDavis.pdf) DATE VALUE 1985-01-01 103.74880 1985-02-01 78.31319 1985-03-01 100.76148 1985-04-01 84.77886 1985-05-01 98.05365 1985-06-01 119.59715 1985-07-01 111.41511 1985-08-01 111.24701 1985-09-01 111.18446 1985-10-01 93.09910 1985-11-01 85.09913 1985-12-01 104.17722 1986-01-01 144.26647 1986-02-01 118.99353 1986-03-01 120.16006 1986-04-01 102.47736 1986-05-01 132.38617 1986-06-01 115.05228 1986-07-01 130.82105 1986-08-01 118.30261 1986-09-01 125.89422 1986-10-01 91.82046 1986-11-01 98.32894 1986-12-01 87.97968 1987-01-01 110.43333 1987-02-01 76.96607 1987-03-01 99.05958 1987-04-01 79.53236 1987-05-01 87.58505 1987-06-01 106.57285 1987-07-01 81.38941 1987-08-01 52.79015 1987-09-01 59.86959 1987-10-01 170.32209 1987-11-01 183.10253 1987-12-01 149.01115 1988-01-01 142.87285 1988-02-01 102.03289 1988-03-01 82.35363 1988-04-01 97.85680 1988-05-01 99.12744 1988-06-01 88.28595 1988-07-01 80.83589 1988-08-01 94.88969 1988-09-01 85.35680 1988-10-01 98.25380 1988-11-01 102.23400 1988-12-01 77.82810 1989-01-01 87.42641 1989-02-01 51.35064 1989-03-01 72.52325 1989-04-01 92.37983 1989-05-01 83.75287 1989-06-01 95.78630 1989-07-01 78.25659 1989-08-01 83.10931 1989-09-01 74.69548 1989-10-01 76.44955 1989-11-01 105.04748 1989-12-01 103.79668 1990-01-01 92.32149 1990-02-01 110.44627 1990-03-01 104.46141 1990-04-01 88.44817 1990-05-01 97.38794 1990-06-01 100.86434 1990-07-01 86.28018 1990-08-01 139.32268 1990-09-01 165.93844 1990-10-01 137.67424 1990-11-01 152.44860 1990-12-01 134.06154 1991-01-01 204.01055 1991-02-01 106.51806 1991-03-01 107.93748 1991-04-01 93.01464 1991-05-01 82.14782 1991-06-01 85.91904 1991-07-01 80.64900 1991-08-01 99.12209 1991-09-01 127.29445 1991-10-01 108.12096 1991-11-01 140.61236 1991-12-01 171.01098 1992-01-01 116.36486 1992-02-01 154.59694 1992-03-01 96.82841 1992-04-01 89.85422 1992-05-01 78.68047 1992-06-01 122.29350 1992-07-01 119.61317 1992-08-01 122.40712 1992-09-01 141.44325 1992-10-01 161.25424 1992-11-01 108.15006 1992-12-01 87.87210 1993-01-01 83.46498 1993-02-01 106.97612 1993-03-01 109.79681 1993-04-01 89.65113 1993-05-01 133.50577 1993-06-01 120.68006 1993-07-01 106.50299 1993-08-01 115.57618 1993-09-01 116.02729 1993-10-01 78.82251 1993-11-01 89.25750 1993-12-01 77.27201 1994-01-01 82.29279 1994-02-01 96.14565 1994-03-01 83.22688 1994-04-01 106.35445 1994-05-01 94.50388 1994-06-01 87.46890 1994-07-01 75.43205 1994-08-01 88.99729 1994-09-01 85.29350 1994-10-01 61.68622 1994-11-01 94.68728 1994-12-01 94.76319 1995-01-01 122.40638 1995-02-01 100.51556 1995-03-01 86.48618 1995-04-01 65.99556 1995-05-01 67.30166 1995-06-01 75.82339 1995-07-01 81.65294 1995-08-01 55.88801 1995-09-01 70.38092 1995-10-01 79.90552 1995-11-01 101.20012 1995-12-01 90.67061 1996-01-01 101.57822 1996-02-01 82.02139 1996-03-01 76.63046 1996-04-01 70.88106 1996-05-01 62.10961 1996-06-01 82.24294 1996-07-01 69.69367 1996-08-01 88.64742 1996-09-01 78.98076 1996-10-01 55.67024 1996-11-01 74.37120 1996-12-01 67.17335 1997-01-01 75.44552 1997-02-01 92.08614 1997-03-01 70.45269 1997-04-01 71.10444 1997-05-01 75.86950 1997-06-01 84.47805 1997-07-01 76.70620 1997-08-01 58.91503 1997-09-01 54.41430 1997-10-01 92.92956 1997-11-01 85.98281 1997-12-01 103.69953 1998-01-01 107.95376 1998-02-01 101.14947 1998-03-01 83.34761 1998-04-01 74.45728 1998-05-01 80.12714 1998-06-01 80.88773 1998-07-01 101.41852 1998-08-01 130.46704 1998-09-01 169.03727 1998-10-01 145.02323 1998-11-01 113.50475 1998-12-01 110.89498 1999-01-01 123.32284 1999-02-01 94.99628 1999-03-01 67.02757 1999-04-01 69.78789 1999-05-01 64.77646 1999-06-01 74.92562 1999-07-01 86.52994 1999-08-01 77.02534 1999-09-01 77.49835 1999-10-01 65.33708 1999-11-01 76.31718 1999-12-01 79.32243 2000-01-01 88.98869 2000-02-01 73.36520 2000-03-01 73.29862 2000-04-01 70.59974 2000-05-01 118.14321 2000-06-01 109.58423 2000-07-01 86.65835 2000-08-01 58.90646 2000-09-01 73.55099 2000-10-01 89.91345 2000-11-01 166.18403 2000-12-01 149.44850 2001-01-01 142.61412 2001-02-01 128.62566 2001-03-01 137.37416 2001-04-01 148.75800 2001-05-01 117.43626 2001-06-01 93.46123 2001-07-01 120.29459 2001-08-01 95.39997 2001-09-01 272.76447 2001-10-01 247.29425 2001-11-01 172.48883 2001-12-01 149.70893 2002-01-01 148.44973 2002-02-01 104.60943 2002-03-01 97.51300 2002-04-01 106.16465 2002-05-01 98.64004 2002-06-01 111.14995 2002-07-01 139.66112 2002-08-01 136.11907 2002-09-01 149.84821 2002-10-01 128.97361 2002-11-01 162.22141 2002-12-01 160.41132 2003-01-01 185.59163 2003-02-01 161.75977 2003-03-01 224.64720 2003-04-01 176.57987 2003-05-01 122.30983 2003-06-01 110.69554 2003-07-01 103.74825 2003-08-01 91.71418 2003-09-01 109.55396 2003-10-01 78.58599 2003-11-01 78.69610 2003-12-01 90.34359 2004-01-01 88.27760 2004-02-01 88.90149 2004-03-01 84.33090 2004-04-01 79.72692 2004-05-01 97.20804 2004-06-01 85.27449 2004-07-01 88.95650 2004-08-01 84.44988 2004-09-01 108.50958 2004-10-01 118.34145 2004-11-01 96.69577 2004-12-01 66.53288 2005-01-01 66.73433 2005-02-01 51.69569 2005-03-01 49.30864 2005-04-01 78.39587 2005-05-01 75.09077 2005-06-01 82.00559 2005-07-01 71.93955 2005-08-01 59.61723 2005-09-01 105.76986 2005-10-01 79.83000 2005-11-01 60.06785 2005-12-01 70.02676 2006-01-01 75.07924 2006-02-01 69.49175 2006-03-01 55.00807 2006-04-01 81.65172 2006-05-01 67.80980 2006-06-01 82.58628 2006-07-01 84.47446 2006-08-01 71.51509 2006-09-01 61.75135 2006-10-01 55.62951 2006-11-01 49.59913 2006-12-01 51.03904 2007-01-01 74.51003 2007-02-01 50.86003 2007-03-01 72.52987 2007-04-01 59.84139 2007-05-01 71.13732 2007-06-01 68.75923 2007-07-01 44.78275 2007-08-01 90.00730 2007-09-01 109.89266 2007-10-01 90.64008 2007-11-01 106.56617 2007-12-01 116.99090 2008-01-01 177.04221 2008-02-01 108.31474 2008-03-01 114.47458 2008-04-01 98.19770 2008-05-01 88.67343 2008-06-01 89.13688 2008-07-01 115.10272 2008-08-01 81.16308 2008-09-01 238.17187 2008-10-01 241.77228 2008-11-01 162.71338 2008-12-01 157.82868 2009-01-01 184.81783 2009-02-01 202.54797 2009-03-01 167.99122 2009-04-01 107.92725 2009-05-01 125.94462 2009-06-01 112.47264 2009-07-01 104.35511 2009-08-01 111.17434 2009-09-01 99.00964 2009-10-01 86.24176 2009-11-01 99.77927 2009-12-01 108.39609 2010-01-01 136.86386 2010-02-01 116.72156 2010-03-01 124.68751 2010-04-01 123.70220 2010-05-01 147.76326 2010-06-01 129.73220 2010-07-01 196.94725 2010-08-01 127.22817 2010-09-01 186.74125 2010-10-01 154.76274 2010-11-01 175.04428 2010-12-01 151.55333 2011-01-01 111.49282 2011-02-01 104.56237 2011-03-01 153.84173 2011-04-01 124.84659 2011-05-01 84.54916 2011-06-01 139.03790 2011-07-01 207.16031 2011-08-01 283.66557 2011-09-01 214.42611 2011-10-01 137.83925 2011-11-01 143.71456 2011-12-01 183.08861 2012-01-01 154.41802 2012-02-01 119.43544 2012-03-01 98.74811 2012-04-01 96.96967 2012-05-01 135.87985 2012-06-01 197.46098 2012-07-01 180.80354 2012-08-01 142.95530 2012-09-01 182.10719 2012-10-01 166.12840 2012-11-01 205.86466 2012-12-01 214.95195 2013-01-01 199.35894 2013-02-01 128.56251 2013-03-01 146.11586 2013-04-01 135.44059 2013-05-01 109.02804 2013-06-01 126.62587 2013-07-01 91.43749 2013-08-01 108.75838 2013-09-01 179.88974 2013-10-01 225.37331 2013-11-01 89.91517 2013-12-01 115.02074 2014-01-01 107.70513 2014-02-01 93.36930 2014-03-01 101.01873 2014-04-01 96.99343 2014-05-01 102.01504 2014-06-01 85.96847 2014-07-01 78.50599 2014-08-01 63.87734 2014-09-01 86.21660 2014-10-01 113.33458 2014-11-01 93.18594 2014-12-01 87.41533 2015-01-01 120.54423 2015-02-01 87.60947 2015-03-01 95.97896 2015-04-01 103.54496 2015-05-01 102.31870 2015-06-01 115.88029 2015-07-01 98.73479 2015-08-01 156.50363 2015-09-01 171.93268 2015-10-01 110.70194 2015-11-01 89.58371 2015-12-01 101.96343 2016-01-01 154.85733 2016-02-01 148.32179 2016-03-01 130.49016 2016-04-01 96.41342 2016-05-01 96.22233 2016-06-01 233.95610 2016-07-01 164.45840 2016-08-01 106.88562 2016-09-01 86.34354 2016-10-01 108.06412 2016-11-01 254.10133 2016-12-01 161.42479 2017-01-01 195.04063 2017-02-01 177.77772 2017-03-01 154.60970 2017-04-01 157.67652 2017-05-01 129.88806 2017-06-01 120.63846 2017-07-01 141.13833 2017-08-01 137.85970 2017-09-01 116.62002 2017-10-01 125.86584 2017-11-01 111.28269 2017-12-01 140.35018 2018-01-01 160.96720 2018-02-01 114.75556 2018-03-01 187.09589 2018-04-01 139.03539 2018-05-01 162.27670 2018-06-01 134.40277 2018-07-01 176.20508 2018-08-01 114.96137 2018-09-01 120.98519 2018-10-01 136.11465 2018-11-01 164.94220 2018-12-01 226.57689 2019-01-01 284.13594 2019-02-01 123.63929 2019-03-01 180.63170 2019-04-01 109.68637 2019-05-01 160.85815 2019-06-01 207.99137 2019-07-01 207.74546 2019-08-01 282.52293 2019-09-01 186.64070 2019-10-01 159.51139 2019-11-01 170.48034 2019-12-01 190.50493 2020-01-01 164.75531 2020-02-01 216.19121 2020-03-01 425.77917 2020-04-01 400.94474 2020-05-01 503.96334 2020-06-01 300.24017 2020-07-01 427.91537 2020-08-01 263.47143 2020-09-01 252.58784 2020-10-01 305.76663 2020-11-01 327.60960 2020-12-01 326.61663 2021-01-01 261.30613 2021-02-01 187.51962 2021-03-01 166.78553 2021-04-01 141.30017 2021-05-01 172.09621 2021-06-01 149.13127 2021-07-01 182.17141 2021-08-01 157.19521 2021-09-01 171.30045 2021-10-01 136.92024 2021-11-01 175.87288 2021-12-01 201.43367 2022-01-01 155.27966 2022-02-01 140.44250 2022-03-01 229.24474 2022-04-01 168.82775 2022-05-01 190.45302 2022-06-01 152.81057 2022-07-01 222.78994 2022-08-01 183.03483 2022-09-01 201.73849 2022-10-01 207.27533 2022-11-01 210.37489 2022-12-01 150.03712 2023-01-01 161.42711 2023-02-01 152.96728 2023-03-01 200.48994 2023-04-01 165.41756 2023-05-01 205.17646 2023-06-01 179.30804 2023-07-01 132.71063 2023-08-01 76.84422 2023-09-01 117.69878 2023-10-01 133.59407 2023-11-01 140.67720 2023-12-01 107.00158 2024-01-01 131.27368 2024-02-01 106.51287 2024-03-01 125.81143 2024-04-01 143.35685