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Title:               Discussion About Pandemics Index for Australia
Series ID:           WPDIAUS
Source:              Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick, Furceri, Davide
Release:             World Uncertainty Index (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency:           Quarterly
Units:               Index
Date Range:          1996-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated:        2024-04-15 2:34 PM CDT
Notes:               The index of discussion about pandemics is constructed by counting the
                     number of times a word related to pandemics is mentioned in the
                     Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Specifically, the index
                     is the percent of the words related to pandemic episodes in EIU
                     country reports, multiplied by 1,000. A higher number means higher
                     discussion about pandemics and vice versa.
                     
                     Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The
                     World Uncertainty Index'
                     (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3275033) for
                     additional explanation.

DATE           VALUE
1996-01-01  0.000000
1996-04-01  0.000000
1996-07-01  0.000000
1996-10-01  0.000000
1997-01-01  0.000000
1997-04-01  0.000000
1997-07-01  0.000000
1997-10-01  0.000000
1998-01-01  0.000000
1998-04-01  0.000000
1998-07-01  0.000000
1998-10-01  0.000000
1999-01-01  0.000000
1999-04-01  0.000000
1999-07-01  0.000000
1999-10-01  0.000000
2000-01-01  0.000000
2000-04-01  0.000000
2000-07-01  0.000000
2000-10-01  0.000000
2001-01-01  0.000000
2001-04-01  0.000000
2001-07-01  0.000000
2001-10-01  0.000000
2002-01-01  0.000000
2002-04-01  0.000000
2002-07-01  0.000000
2002-10-01  0.000000
2003-01-01  0.000000
2003-04-01 13.544630
2003-07-01 55.260070
2003-10-01 85.372800
2004-01-01 49.206540
2004-04-01 18.721920
2004-07-01  6.534666
2004-10-01 13.172630
2005-01-01 12.724270
2005-04-01  0.000000
2005-07-01  0.000000
2005-10-01  0.000000
2006-01-01 13.075310
2006-04-01  0.000000
2006-07-01  0.000000
2006-10-01  0.000000
2007-01-01  0.000000
2007-04-01  0.000000
2007-07-01  0.000000
2007-10-01  0.000000
2008-01-01  0.000000
2008-04-01  0.000000
2008-07-01  0.000000
2008-10-01  0.000000
2009-01-01  0.000000
2009-04-01  0.000000
2009-07-01 158.149600
2009-10-01  0.000000
2010-01-01  0.000000
2010-04-01  0.000000
2010-07-01  0.000000
2010-10-01  0.000000
2011-01-01  0.000000
2011-04-01  0.000000
2011-07-01  0.000000
2011-10-01  0.000000
2012-01-01  0.000000
2012-04-01  0.000000
2012-07-01  0.000000
2012-10-01  0.000000
2013-01-01  0.000000
2013-04-01  0.000000
2013-07-01  0.000000
2013-10-01  0.000000
2014-01-01  0.000000
2014-04-01  0.000000
2014-07-01  0.000000
2014-10-01  0.000000
2015-01-01  0.000000
2015-04-01  0.000000
2015-07-01  0.000000
2015-10-01  0.000000
2016-01-01  0.000000
2016-04-01  0.000000
2016-07-01  0.000000
2016-10-01  0.000000
2017-01-01  0.000000
2017-04-01  0.000000
2017-07-01  0.000000
2017-10-01  0.000000
2018-01-01  0.000000
2018-04-01  0.000000
2018-07-01  0.000000
2018-10-01  0.000000
2019-01-01  0.000000
2019-04-01  0.000000
2019-07-01  0.000000
2019-10-01  0.000000
2020-01-01 223.696400
2020-04-01 468.623500
2020-07-01 417.878900
2020-10-01 249.202500
2021-01-01 267.495700
2021-04-01 237.431600
2021-07-01 220.572900
2021-10-01 97.030420
2022-01-01 118.754900
2022-04-01 80.271800
2022-07-01 75.891720
2022-10-01 30.182300
2023-01-01 14.771050
2023-04-01  9.498029
2023-07-01  7.759156
2023-10-01 25.422000
2024-01-01 25.150330