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Table Data - Discussion About Pandemics Index for United States

Title Discussion About Pandemics Index for United States
Series ID WPDIUSA
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 2024-07-01
Last Updated 2024-10-15 2:48 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' 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 10.989010
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 11.644830
2006-01-01 6.068697
2006-04-01 5.940711
2006-07-01 6.230529
2006-10-01 5.518155
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 5.822755
2014-10-01 13.781700
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
2020-01-01 155.617800
2020-04-01 336.598100
2020-07-01 282.434100
2020-10-01 258.882700
2021-01-01 272.417000
2021-04-01 210.547500
2021-07-01 188.867100
2021-10-01 171.188000
2022-01-01 122.805300
2022-04-01 56.856950
2022-07-01 53.084590
2022-10-01 36.938530
2023-01-01 26.554780
2023-04-01 14.624160
2023-07-01 6.110229
2023-10-01 28.439540
2024-01-01 39.473680
2024-04-01 33.295600
2024-07-01 18.789930

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