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 Japan (DISCONTINUED) Series ID: JPNEPUINDXM 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: 1988-06-01 to 2016-04-01 Last Updated: 2016-05-16 10:21 AM CDT Notes: 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 1988-06-01 29.92083 1988-07-01 56.23375 1988-08-01 65.75393 1988-09-01 62.68768 1988-10-01 94.77157 1988-11-01 74.04242 1988-12-01 64.18861 1989-01-01 78.26065 1989-02-01 56.69110 1989-03-01 64.65759 1989-04-01 50.54290 1989-05-01 82.17016 1989-06-01 81.74530 1989-07-01 89.30206 1989-08-01 57.52341 1989-09-01 41.92749 1989-10-01 71.68958 1989-11-01 68.61228 1989-12-01 92.22920 1990-01-01 111.30325 1990-02-01 107.26021 1990-03-01 137.04398 1990-04-01 129.38129 1990-05-01 85.41154 1990-06-01 129.19009 1990-07-01 129.66475 1990-08-01 82.51282 1990-09-01 150.93512 1990-10-01 99.21724 1990-11-01 64.75842 1990-12-01 150.04018 1991-01-01 163.17007 1991-02-01 131.24524 1991-03-01 99.33277 1991-04-01 80.02833 1991-05-01 57.51787 1991-06-01 67.61722 1991-07-01 93.43324 1991-08-01 110.32553 1991-09-01 88.13293 1991-10-01 83.83375 1991-11-01 117.19335 1991-12-01 81.90053 1992-01-01 95.01215 1992-02-01 81.09249 1992-03-01 79.62749 1992-04-01 71.28645 1992-05-01 44.68391 1992-06-01 75.63434 1992-07-01 88.44308 1992-08-01 92.33400 1992-09-01 93.96710 1992-10-01 62.10633 1992-11-01 84.51952 1992-12-01 85.90663 1993-01-01 82.56995 1993-02-01 58.65670 1993-03-01 66.56599 1993-04-01 60.57844 1993-05-01 62.67945 1993-06-01 105.87585 1993-07-01 173.61096 1993-08-01 105.05620 1993-09-01 103.51103 1993-10-01 78.82784 1993-11-01 84.12623 1993-12-01 97.81749 1994-01-01 177.28609 1994-02-01 159.76644 1994-03-01 112.44389 1994-04-01 113.21816 1994-05-01 88.87657 1994-06-01 118.11605 1994-07-01 71.88177 1994-08-01 67.54008 1994-09-01 64.31584 1994-10-01 60.76060 1994-11-01 92.28052 1994-12-01 75.91818 1995-01-01 95.93575 1995-02-01 69.55904 1995-03-01 102.55873 1995-04-01 66.37704 1995-05-01 93.31389 1995-06-01 135.42468 1995-07-01 125.73398 1995-08-01 104.55411 1995-09-01 101.94550 1995-10-01 55.68587 1995-11-01 82.24705 1995-12-01 123.78150 1996-01-01 156.08027 1996-02-01 102.03532 1996-03-01 100.89508 1996-04-01 126.03160 1996-05-01 71.03469 1996-06-01 116.35827 1996-07-01 66.84104 1996-08-01 72.93111 1996-09-01 104.41288 1996-10-01 110.41019 1996-11-01 108.85803 1996-12-01 118.98450 1997-01-01 156.21320 1997-02-01 99.91369 1997-03-01 116.40501 1997-04-01 81.87957 1997-05-01 89.53854 1997-06-01 94.94368 1997-07-01 84.39924 1997-08-01 77.81032 1997-09-01 121.31161 1997-10-01 111.97896 1997-11-01 184.22212 1997-12-01 166.27532 1998-01-01 204.73430 1998-02-01 110.65317 1998-03-01 146.30110 1998-04-01 110.55696 1998-05-01 112.16560 1998-06-01 105.77270 1998-07-01 194.72318 1998-08-01 136.80428 1998-09-01 139.23989 1998-10-01 126.75991 1998-11-01 109.28923 1998-12-01 115.22246 1999-01-01 115.46795 1999-02-01 95.82669 1999-03-01 62.84663 1999-04-01 102.23624 1999-05-01 66.22225 1999-06-01 58.11330 1999-07-01 83.79642 1999-08-01 50.22552 1999-09-01 86.13020 1999-10-01 72.37476 1999-11-01 72.28819 1999-12-01 108.90169 2000-01-01 90.87825 2000-02-01 57.84789 2000-03-01 66.63751 2000-04-01 89.75204 2000-05-01 79.18901 2000-06-01 173.85570 2000-07-01 135.49828 2000-08-01 92.99516 2000-09-01 43.30844 2000-10-01 76.29710 2000-11-01 108.58741 2000-12-01 131.74244 2001-01-01 127.18871 2001-02-01 128.31673 2001-03-01 145.26884 2001-04-01 122.14508 2001-05-01 57.98580 2001-06-01 74.85385 2001-07-01 123.72077 2001-08-01 78.84318 2001-09-01 103.47257 2001-10-01 106.04401 2001-11-01 83.72673 2001-12-01 104.84131 2002-01-01 79.82561 2002-02-01 94.83227 2002-03-01 65.80798 2002-04-01 62.28098 2002-05-01 87.42565 2002-06-01 76.88566 2002-07-01 105.20139 2002-08-01 114.62096 2002-09-01 104.58844 2002-10-01 182.11737 2002-11-01 171.92716 2002-12-01 191.70139 2003-01-01 112.62864 2003-02-01 101.73886 2003-03-01 120.94485 2003-04-01 173.50896 2003-05-01 117.91210 2003-06-01 133.15165 2003-07-01 95.06203 2003-08-01 62.57360 2003-09-01 76.05356 2003-10-01 109.69294 2003-11-01 86.22069 2003-12-01 90.13332 2004-01-01 81.52856 2004-02-01 50.58970 2004-03-01 53.91199 2004-04-01 65.83928 2004-05-01 50.32429 2004-06-01 62.58276 2004-07-01 77.24738 2004-08-01 70.42515 2004-09-01 75.77524 2004-10-01 71.25369 2004-11-01 68.04355 2004-12-01 83.73998 2005-01-01 54.28121 2005-02-01 65.08650 2005-03-01 35.10233 2005-04-01 61.63647 2005-05-01 48.02574 2005-06-01 69.77546 2005-07-01 62.93838 2005-08-01 96.10679 2005-09-01 72.36816 2005-10-01 57.49235 2005-11-01 75.28134 2005-12-01 63.96928 2006-01-01 59.68947 2006-02-01 55.26968 2006-03-01 66.70839 2006-04-01 79.34876 2006-05-01 66.47233 2006-06-01 75.60625 2006-07-01 68.17855 2006-08-01 50.22528 2006-09-01 57.47053 2006-10-01 66.68914 2006-11-01 72.09009 2006-12-01 87.75437 2007-01-01 91.80017 2007-02-01 77.53540 2007-03-01 85.59032 2007-04-01 115.42039 2007-05-01 51.24515 2007-06-01 53.95762 2007-07-01 84.16667 2007-08-01 80.08139 2007-09-01 100.98780 2007-10-01 98.57513 2007-11-01 93.59272 2007-12-01 132.94688 2008-01-01 159.53632 2008-02-01 131.51998 2008-03-01 126.10458 2008-04-01 99.71686 2008-05-01 116.52506 2008-06-01 71.84298 2008-07-01 95.00448 2008-08-01 82.14959 2008-09-01 131.47209 2008-10-01 158.92224 2008-11-01 145.38081 2008-12-01 133.59564 2009-01-01 122.24772 2009-02-01 127.36942 2009-03-01 81.89552 2009-04-01 124.33901 2009-05-01 111.37090 2009-06-01 119.41135 2009-07-01 168.61212 2009-08-01 175.10382 2009-09-01 145.70678 2009-10-01 165.72762 2009-11-01 130.57547 2009-12-01 173.22454 2010-01-01 74.49347 2010-02-01 101.12601 2010-03-01 70.66496 2010-04-01 101.96736 2010-05-01 105.09437 2010-06-01 133.37758 2010-07-01 167.88719 2010-08-01 135.99439 2010-09-01 196.04946 2010-10-01 121.58120 2010-11-01 112.73426 2010-12-01 94.75452 2011-01-01 98.43604 2011-02-01 109.21912 2011-03-01 75.14036 2011-04-01 109.18411 2011-05-01 115.41986 2011-06-01 110.03753 2011-07-01 135.62008 2011-08-01 162.58487 2011-09-01 100.35067 2011-10-01 151.37133 2011-11-01 166.87187 2011-12-01 186.47622 2012-01-01 142.74244 2012-02-01 131.43160 2012-03-01 92.52136 2012-04-01 135.96266 2012-05-01 123.20631 2012-06-01 126.78257 2012-07-01 120.43373 2012-08-01 112.67921 2012-09-01 108.94508 2012-10-01 125.27930 2012-11-01 188.29182 2012-12-01 151.48223 2013-01-01 101.26132 2013-02-01 123.49769 2013-03-01 88.96143 2013-04-01 69.90321 2013-05-01 93.02014 2013-06-01 111.34775 2013-07-01 145.88191 2013-08-01 77.58928 2013-09-01 103.82896 2013-10-01 102.51415 2013-11-01 79.57029 2013-12-01 90.68486 2014-01-01 89.67860 2014-02-01 136.57599 2014-03-01 86.77592 2014-04-01 97.08010 2014-05-01 53.24005 2014-06-01 44.84903 2014-07-01 60.28621 2014-08-01 53.92787 2014-09-01 85.53364 2014-10-01 122.72887 2014-11-01 129.28373 2014-12-01 188.92578 2015-01-01 88.68136 2015-02-01 74.16131 2015-03-01 51.36084 2015-04-01 74.15577 2015-05-01 74.47832 2015-06-01 64.03931 2015-07-01 53.41797 2015-08-01 89.90433 2015-09-01 116.58238 2015-10-01 115.87421 2015-11-01 107.81766 2015-12-01 132.65289 2016-01-01 156.82974 2016-02-01 148.68832 2016-03-01 108.03311 2016-04-01 110.08359