Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Fiscal Policy

Title Equity Market Volatility Tracker: Fiscal Policy
Series ID EMVFISCALPOL
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 2024-10-01
Last Updated 2024-11-11 8:01 AM CST
Notes The Equity Market Volatility tracker moves with the VIX and with the realized volatility of returns on the S&P 500.

For more information, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2019), 'Policy News and Stack Market Volatility'
DATE VALUE
1985-01-01 4.60235
1985-02-01 5.01391
1985-03-01 5.20941
1985-04-01 4.06342
1985-05-01 5.01716
1985-06-01 3.35498
1985-07-01 4.09600
1985-08-01 3.60452
1985-09-01 5.09750
1985-10-01 5.07529
1985-11-01 4.59634
1985-12-01 4.93827
1986-01-01 4.40561
1986-02-01 5.00913
1986-03-01 7.27463
1986-04-01 4.37224
1986-05-01 5.13717
1986-06-01 5.17579
1986-07-01 5.82898
1986-08-01 5.70117
1986-09-01 6.75380
1986-10-01 5.57201
1986-11-01 5.69738
1986-12-01 5.36367
1987-01-01 7.12772
1987-02-01 4.82515
1987-03-01 5.89909
1987-04-01 6.41310
1987-05-01 5.74706
1987-06-01 5.79483
1987-07-01 4.47427
1987-08-01 4.27966
1987-09-01 4.11468
1987-10-01 20.69277
1987-11-01 22.06531
1987-12-01 12.32620
1988-01-01 11.73389
1988-02-01 7.00492
1988-03-01 4.38897
1988-04-01 6.45191
1988-05-01 6.95205
1988-06-01 6.89154
1988-07-01 5.64424
1988-08-01 5.34173
1988-09-01 4.32835
1988-10-01 7.40892
1988-11-01 7.15122
1988-12-01 5.97540
1989-01-01 8.03667
1989-02-01 6.21450
1989-03-01 3.68858
1989-04-01 4.47008
1989-05-01 4.10721
1989-06-01 4.54972
1989-07-01 4.63536
1989-08-01 4.58972
1989-09-01 5.09063
1989-10-01 6.39709
1989-11-01 5.47288
1989-12-01 6.08056
1990-01-01 5.11091
1990-02-01 5.68556
1990-03-01 4.14296
1990-04-01 4.18119
1990-05-01 3.86530
1990-06-01 3.33320
1990-07-01 5.18550
1990-08-01 4.52299
1990-09-01 4.89449
1990-10-01 8.27623
1990-11-01 5.09463
1990-12-01 5.17098
1991-01-01 5.93859
1991-02-01 5.84656
1991-03-01 4.05841
1991-04-01 4.49145
1991-05-01 4.28185
1991-06-01 5.59621
1991-07-01 4.74175
1991-08-01 4.93620
1991-09-01 4.85016
1991-10-01 4.37868
1991-11-01 7.94331
1991-12-01 6.36794
1992-01-01 8.05521
1992-02-01 7.34596
1992-03-01 6.33865
1992-04-01 5.12284
1992-05-01 4.62779
1992-06-01 5.18432
1992-07-01 6.09592
1992-08-01 3.95244
1992-09-01 5.34285
1992-10-01 6.35111
1992-11-01 5.82829
1992-12-01 3.88617
1993-01-01 7.11167
1993-02-01 8.16758
1993-03-01 7.47899
1993-04-01 5.83530
1993-05-01 5.85521
1993-06-01 5.77068
1993-07-01 5.38189
1993-08-01 7.10781
1993-09-01 5.93887
1993-10-01 4.48054
1993-11-01 4.77140
1993-12-01 5.41271
1994-01-01 6.51368
1994-02-01 4.55297
1994-03-01 5.39428
1994-04-01 7.86469
1994-05-01 5.11351
1994-06-01 5.02701
1994-07-01 5.42756
1994-08-01 5.10414
1994-09-01 5.06576
1994-10-01 6.10670
1994-11-01 4.96898
1994-12-01 8.38351
1995-01-01 7.45585
1995-02-01 7.16070
1995-03-01 5.45829
1995-04-01 5.19371
1995-05-01 3.41022
1995-06-01 4.10205
1995-07-01 5.47790
1995-08-01 4.58883
1995-09-01 4.63225
1995-10-01 6.19445
1995-11-01 7.41973
1995-12-01 9.33395
1996-01-01 10.93108
1996-02-01 6.65338
1996-03-01 8.37259
1996-04-01 4.85674
1996-05-01 5.17767
1996-06-01 7.00570
1996-07-01 8.18419
1996-08-01 5.94598
1996-09-01 4.82278
1996-10-01 6.60374
1996-11-01 5.34646
1996-12-01 9.02531
1997-01-01 9.09964
1997-02-01 6.96927
1997-03-01 8.05572
1997-04-01 8.43499
1997-05-01 7.02295
1997-06-01 8.78066
1997-07-01 9.68370
1997-08-01 7.61330
1997-09-01 7.18953
1997-10-01 11.48600
1997-11-01 9.97534
1997-12-01 8.82806
1998-01-01 11.89240
1998-02-01 7.47719
1998-03-01 6.76141
1998-04-01 9.73665
1998-05-01 9.61624
1998-06-01 9.47290
1998-07-01 11.38018
1998-08-01 13.96285
1998-09-01 14.50112
1998-10-01 13.78908
1998-11-01 11.88379
1998-12-01 9.48524
1999-01-01 14.97480
1999-02-01 7.81063
1999-03-01 9.09999
1999-04-01 8.52476
1999-05-01 6.65521
1999-06-01 6.75050
1999-07-01 8.25931
1999-08-01 7.46593
1999-09-01 6.68278
1999-10-01 8.80859
1999-11-01 6.18260
1999-12-01 6.13337
2000-01-01 7.31802
2000-02-01 5.21263
2000-03-01 6.21540
2000-04-01 11.05578
2000-05-01 11.77920
2000-06-01 7.00199
2000-07-01 6.24195
2000-08-01 5.32366
2000-09-01 5.09178
2000-10-01 9.50702
2000-11-01 8.85310
2000-12-01 11.38948
2001-01-01 9.65719
2001-02-01 6.66535
2001-03-01 10.13918
2001-04-01 8.91350
2001-05-01 7.85301
2001-06-01 5.09159
2001-07-01 8.82631
2001-08-01 7.17574
2001-09-01 15.15924
2001-10-01 10.91166
2001-11-01 9.08903
2001-12-01 8.61464
2002-01-01 11.07004
2002-02-01 7.44833
2002-03-01 5.00348
2002-04-01 5.95177
2002-05-01 5.32025
2002-06-01 7.85618
2002-07-01 19.03462
2002-08-01 13.20472
2002-09-01 11.11431
2002-10-01 10.04056
2002-11-01 9.20948
2002-12-01 10.22750
2003-01-01 13.14210
2003-02-01 8.24315
2003-03-01 9.24123
2003-04-01 9.34333
2003-05-01 8.05804
2003-06-01 8.01056
2003-07-01 8.10660
2003-08-01 6.64053
2003-09-01 5.39379
2003-10-01 5.48944
2003-11-01 4.98510
2003-12-01 4.98308
2004-01-01 6.87225
2004-02-01 4.36478
2004-03-01 4.88537
2004-04-01 5.77194
2004-05-01 4.86075
2004-06-01 4.49089
2004-07-01 6.10755
2004-08-01 4.79860
2004-09-01 4.90310
2004-10-01 5.83746
2004-11-01 5.70770
2004-12-01 6.75156
2005-01-01 4.70283
2005-02-01 6.52526
2005-03-01 5.19322
2005-04-01 6.49298
2005-05-01 4.35229
2005-06-01 5.38299
2005-07-01 4.25708
2005-08-01 5.08077
2005-09-01 3.30557
2005-10-01 3.99567
2005-11-01 3.00327
2005-12-01 4.30897
2006-01-01 5.16978
2006-02-01 3.69172
2006-03-01 4.00116
2006-04-01 3.99142
2006-05-01 4.27134
2006-06-01 4.27294
2006-07-01 4.84029
2006-08-01 3.74129
2006-09-01 3.94303
2006-10-01 4.46265
2006-11-01 3.89672
2006-12-01 4.84369
2007-01-01 4.46557
2007-02-01 3.75973
2007-03-01 6.25165
2007-04-01 5.63360
2007-05-01 5.37722
2007-06-01 6.75670
2007-07-01 6.19964
2007-08-01 7.81108
2007-09-01 6.15579
2007-10-01 5.22320
2007-11-01 4.89515
2007-12-01 7.35454
2008-01-01 11.57078
2008-02-01 6.89656
2008-03-01 7.30465
2008-04-01 5.52450
2008-05-01 4.83893
2008-06-01 4.47381
2008-07-01 7.21319
2008-08-01 4.85124
2008-09-01 15.31433
2008-10-01 23.92948
2008-11-01 12.38371
2008-12-01 10.33402
2009-01-01 11.08297
2009-02-01 11.22889
2009-03-01 11.49290
2009-04-01 7.01687
2009-05-01 6.62848
2009-06-01 5.83893
2009-07-01 5.80308
2009-08-01 5.64020
2009-09-01 4.87755
2009-10-01 5.96268
2009-11-01 5.22910
2009-12-01 4.34624
2010-01-01 8.57403
2010-02-01 6.32401
2010-03-01 4.88221
2010-04-01 6.77708
2010-05-01 8.26184
2010-06-01 7.78380
2010-07-01 8.69585
2010-08-01 5.74080
2010-09-01 6.49522
2010-10-01 5.85563
2010-11-01 7.62057
2010-12-01 6.20140
2011-01-01 8.07422
2011-02-01 5.23762
2011-03-01 6.98965
2011-04-01 6.92687
2011-05-01 5.70412
2011-06-01 7.58450
2011-07-01 15.62165
2011-08-01 31.15749
2011-09-01 11.48280
2011-10-01 11.96030
2011-11-01 11.74945
2011-12-01 10.80891
2012-01-01 10.03266
2012-02-01 7.40273
2012-03-01 5.99847
2012-04-01 5.70680
2012-05-01 7.35335
2012-06-01 7.18687
2012-07-01 7.20410
2012-08-01 7.41173
2012-09-01 7.50652
2012-10-01 7.32940
2012-11-01 9.08677
2012-12-01 10.24910
2013-01-01 9.51356
2013-02-01 9.90581
2013-03-01 9.06626
2013-04-01 5.60074
2013-05-01 6.11299
2013-06-01 5.80832
2013-07-01 5.66109
2013-08-01 5.10418
2013-09-01 8.74507
2013-10-01 12.43103
2013-11-01 5.08802
2013-12-01 5.63628
2014-01-01 5.82878
2014-02-01 3.89033
2014-03-01 4.70492
2014-04-01 4.95865
2014-05-01 4.44429
2014-06-01 3.60078
2014-07-01 3.81163
2014-08-01 4.61547
2014-09-01 4.19482
2014-10-01 6.94552
2014-11-01 5.33927
2014-12-01 4.68273
2015-01-01 7.77843
2015-02-01 4.63080
2015-03-01 3.13825
2015-04-01 4.48427
2015-05-01 3.67194
2015-06-01 4.02329
2015-07-01 6.78528
2015-08-01 7.02087
2015-09-01 6.15869
2015-10-01 5.33971
2015-11-01 4.71090
2015-12-01 5.43774
2016-01-01 5.49124
2016-02-01 5.40245
2016-03-01 4.22048
2016-04-01 3.79894
2016-05-01 3.49497
2016-06-01 5.37021
2016-07-01 3.13516
2016-08-01 2.86666
2016-09-01 2.36430
2016-10-01 4.46051
2016-11-01 8.14914
2016-12-01 5.88574
2017-01-01 8.19357
2017-02-01 7.84764
2017-03-01 6.74606
2017-04-01 7.09944
2017-05-01 4.06184
2017-06-01 4.07568
2017-07-01 4.52635
2017-08-01 6.48672
2017-09-01 4.56926
2017-10-01 4.83061
2017-11-01 6.26819
2017-12-01 9.81849
2018-01-01 8.76865
2018-02-01 14.60275
2018-03-01 8.30747
2018-04-01 7.17672
2018-05-01 6.88883
2018-06-01 4.07845
2018-07-01 5.52436
2018-08-01 5.29527
2018-09-01 8.62843
2018-10-01 8.20157
2018-11-01 9.58146
2018-12-01 19.47012
2019-01-01 17.74617
2019-02-01 6.27022
2019-03-01 7.21828
2019-04-01 6.83884
2019-05-01 8.06261
2019-06-01 7.33482
2019-07-01 6.80944
2019-08-01 11.41610
2019-09-01 5.41444
2019-10-01 2.87000
2019-11-01 5.85071
2019-12-01 9.75965
2020-01-01 4.35113
2020-02-01 5.69233
2020-03-01 21.28499
2020-04-01 13.70999
2020-05-01 10.03249
2020-06-01 10.61213
2020-07-01 8.08863
2020-08-01 11.57517
2020-09-01 4.61691
2020-10-01 11.52053
2020-11-01 7.64780
2020-12-01 6.95380
2021-01-01 8.06190
2021-02-01 7.39463
2021-03-01 8.97228
2021-04-01 6.45121
2021-05-01 7.36197
2021-06-01 7.65772
2021-07-01 4.48956
2021-08-01 6.54703
2021-09-01 10.64209
2021-10-01 8.38989
2021-11-01 3.56955
2021-12-01 6.85835
2022-01-01 6.10563
2022-02-01 7.88563
2022-03-01 4.42230
2022-04-01 5.23627
2022-05-01 8.32843
2022-06-01 5.30267
2022-07-01 6.53219
2022-08-01 4.45991
2022-09-01 5.13176
2022-10-01 7.96963
2022-11-01 5.62795
2022-12-01 6.37637
2023-01-01 6.19323
2023-02-01 5.15063
2023-03-01 6.54035
2023-04-01 6.85503
2023-05-01 12.06947
2023-06-01 5.95715
2023-07-01 4.87470
2023-08-01 5.05762
2023-09-01 6.77526
2023-10-01 4.28085
2023-11-01 6.40275
2023-12-01 7.40636
2024-01-01 5.66576
2024-02-01 6.27615
2024-03-01 5.21424
2024-04-01 3.69059
2024-05-01 4.21030
2024-06-01 5.97096
2024-07-01 8.17280
2024-08-01 6.62004
2024-09-01 8.63129
2024-10-01 8.78240

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