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: Trade Policy Uncertainty Index: Mainland Papers for China Series ID: CHNMAINLANDTPU 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: 2000-01-01 to 2024-04-01 Last Updated: 2024-05-06 8:01 AM CDT Notes: The Chinese Mainland TPU (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/china_monthly.html) newspaper-based indices of policy uncertainty in China is based on the working paper "Economic Policy Uncertainty in China Since 1949: The View from Mainland Newspapers." by Steven J. Davis, Dingqian Liu and Xuguang S. Sheng. The index quantifies uncertainty-related concepts from October 1949 onwards using two mainland Chinese newspapers: the Renmin Daily and the Guangming Daily. DATE VALUE 2000-01-01 38.24603012684540 2000-02-01 14.72381058638840 2000-03-01 8.93967262701049 2000-04-01 8.86188802988299 2000-05-01 0.00000000000000 2000-06-01 17.96381460167770 2000-07-01 37.76371873934000 2000-08-01 17.67982373227740 2000-09-01 51.11047928641220 2000-10-01 58.60102933457690 2000-11-01 0.00000000000000 2000-12-01 40.43908183768630 2001-01-01 41.78091041742420 2001-02-01 21.59895980005740 2001-03-01 113.14836863766100 2001-04-01 37.09600738883050 2001-05-01 9.88134292451956 2001-06-01 46.84599103476310 2001-07-01 54.94210703856600 2001-08-01 34.96941223809130 2001-09-01 49.08242195257340 2001-10-01 89.24305166180960 2001-11-01 134.71503205911300 2001-12-01 160.31875176361400 2002-01-01 94.18501514455680 2002-02-01 73.58943268742240 2002-03-01 160.83704865691400 2002-04-01 34.19371184671870 2002-05-01 112.49531835408700 2002-06-01 55.80023624515900 2002-07-01 130.05240799999100 2002-08-01 39.10218770307330 2002-09-01 95.95229176696170 2002-10-01 129.20373772325800 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