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Table Data - Discussion About Pandemics Index for Belgium

Title Discussion About Pandemics Index for Belgium
Series ID WPDIBEL
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 2024-10-01
Last Updated 2025-01-15 2:34 PM CST
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' 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 28.981310
2003-07-01 0.000000
2003-10-01 0.000000
2004-01-01 0.000000
2004-04-01 0.000000
2004-07-01 0.000000
2004-10-01 0.000000
2005-01-01 0.000000
2005-04-01 0.000000
2005-07-01 0.000000
2005-10-01 0.000000
2006-01-01 0.000000
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 0.000000
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
2020-01-01 211.063200
2020-04-01 265.611500
2020-07-01 230.782900
2020-10-01 233.065900
2021-01-01 219.327700
2021-04-01 212.880200
2021-07-01 135.653900
2021-10-01 122.459000
2022-01-01 174.657900
2022-04-01 40.180000
2022-07-01 15.709510
2022-10-01 16.060390
2023-01-01 16.584930
2023-04-01 2.387261
2023-07-01 9.137426
2023-10-01 39.917500
2024-01-01 50.632910
2024-04-01 48.854370
2024-07-01 45.319020
2024-10-01 51.333390

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