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: World Uncertainty Index for China Series ID: WUICHN 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: 1953-01-01 to 2024-01-01 Last Updated: 2024-04-15 2:33 PM CDT Notes: The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/WUI_mimeo_10_29.pdf) for additional explanation. DATE VALUE 1953-01-01 0.0000000 1953-04-01 0.0000000 1953-07-01 0.0000000 1953-10-01 0.0000000 1954-01-01 0.0000000 1954-04-01 0.3178135 1954-07-01 0.0000000 1954-10-01 0.0000000 1955-01-01 0.0000000 1955-04-01 0.0000000 1955-07-01 0.0000000 1955-10-01 0.0000000 1956-01-01 0.4754358 1956-04-01 0.1396648 1956-07-01 0.2069965 1956-10-01 0.0000000 1957-01-01 0.0000000 1957-04-01 0.0000000 1957-07-01 0.0000000 1957-10-01 0.0000000 1958-01-01 0.0000000 1958-04-01 0.0000000 1958-07-01 0.0000000 1958-10-01 0.0000000 1959-01-01 0.0000000 1959-04-01 0.0000000 1959-07-01 0.0000000 1959-10-01 0.0000000 1960-01-01 0.0000000 1960-04-01 0.0000000 1960-07-01 0.0000000 1960-10-01 0.0000000 1961-01-01 0.0000000 1961-04-01 0.0000000 1961-07-01 0.0000000 1961-10-01 0.2056767 1962-01-01 0.0000000 1962-04-01 0.0000000 1962-07-01 0.0000000 1962-10-01 0.0000000 1963-01-01 0.0000000 1963-04-01 0.0000000 1963-07-01 0.2007226 1963-10-01 0.0000000 1964-01-01 0.0000000 1964-04-01 0.0000000 1964-07-01 0.0000000 1964-10-01 0.0000000 1965-01-01 0.0000000 1965-04-01 0.0000000 1965-07-01 0.0000000 1965-10-01 0.0000000 1966-01-01 0.0000000 1966-04-01 0.0000000 1966-07-01 0.0000000 1966-10-01 0.0000000 1967-01-01 0.0000000 1967-04-01 0.0000000 1967-07-01 0.0000000 1967-10-01 0.1976675 1968-01-01 0.8220304 1968-04-01 0.0000000 1968-07-01 0.0000000 1968-10-01 0.0000000 1969-01-01 0.0000000 1969-04-01 0.1998002 1969-07-01 0.0000000 1969-10-01 0.5377308 1970-01-01 0.1763979 1970-04-01 0.2257846 1970-07-01 0.0000000 1970-10-01 0.0000000 1971-01-01 0.2128112 1971-04-01 0.0000000 1971-07-01 0.0000000 1971-10-01 0.0000000 1972-01-01 0.0000000 1972-04-01 0.0000000 1972-07-01 0.0000000 1972-10-01 0.3403676 1973-01-01 0.0000000 1973-04-01 0.1867065 1973-07-01 0.2797985 1973-10-01 0.1832509 1974-01-01 0.0000000 1974-04-01 0.2938583 1974-07-01 0.2059308 1974-10-01 0.2926544 1975-01-01 0.0000000 1975-04-01 0.0000000 1975-07-01 0.3094060 1975-10-01 0.0000000 1976-01-01 0.1698658 1976-04-01 0.6277464 1976-07-01 0.2096876 1976-10-01 0.2625361 1977-01-01 0.2218771 1977-04-01 0.2362949 1977-07-01 0.2026753 1977-10-01 0.3648969 1978-01-01 0.0000000 1978-04-01 0.0000000 1978-07-01 0.0000000 1978-10-01 0.0000000 1979-01-01 0.0000000 1979-04-01 0.3851338 1979-07-01 0.0000000 1979-10-01 0.0000000 1980-01-01 0.0000000 1980-04-01 0.0000000 1980-07-01 0.0000000 1980-10-01 0.3648969 1981-01-01 0.0000000 1981-04-01 0.2215821 1981-07-01 0.0000000 1981-10-01 0.3751641 1982-01-01 0.3997602 1982-04-01 0.1681520 1982-07-01 0.0000000 1982-10-01 0.0000000 1983-01-01 0.0000000 1983-04-01 0.0000000 1983-07-01 0.1589320 1983-10-01 0.1353363 1984-01-01 0.0000000 1984-04-01 0.1500600 1984-07-01 0.2821936 1984-10-01 0.0890948 1985-01-01 0.0680457 1985-04-01 0.0574911 1985-07-01 0.0842815 1985-10-01 0.0597693 1986-01-01 0.0000000 1986-04-01 0.0000000 1986-07-01 0.0000000 1986-10-01 0.1073999 1987-01-01 0.0802311 1987-04-01 0.0772678 1987-07-01 0.0000000 1987-10-01 0.0000000 1988-01-01 0.0000000 1988-04-01 0.0000000 1988-07-01 0.0000000 1988-10-01 0.1555452 1989-01-01 0.0796940 1989-04-01 0.0764351 1989-07-01 0.0000000 1989-10-01 0.0855578 1990-01-01 0.0000000 1990-04-01 0.0000000 1990-07-01 0.0000000 1990-10-01 0.0000000 1991-01-01 0.1552795 1991-04-01 0.0000000 1991-07-01 0.0864678 1991-10-01 0.0000000 1992-01-01 0.0814399 1992-04-01 0.0000000 1992-07-01 0.0000000 1992-10-01 0.1956054 1993-01-01 0.0000000 1993-04-01 0.0000000 1993-07-01 0.1257941 1993-10-01 0.0000000 1994-01-01 0.0272617 1994-04-01 0.0514033 1994-07-01 0.0729315 1994-10-01 0.0922488 1995-01-01 0.1096792 1995-04-01 0.3470157 1995-07-01 0.1002104 1995-10-01 0.0000000 1996-01-01 0.1164687 1996-04-01 0.0000000 1996-07-01 0.1555855 1996-10-01 0.1637018 1997-01-01 0.1423015 1997-04-01 0.0000000 1997-07-01 0.0631074 1997-10-01 0.0000000 1998-01-01 0.0000000 1998-04-01 0.0556638 1998-07-01 0.2702703 1998-10-01 0.0000000 1999-01-01 0.0000000 1999-04-01 0.0000000 1999-07-01 0.0000000 1999-10-01 0.1243008 2000-01-01 0.0000000 2000-04-01 0.0000000 2000-07-01 0.1250625 2000-10-01 0.0650237 2001-01-01 0.1707067 2001-04-01 0.0000000 2001-07-01 0.2058460 2001-10-01 0.1090037 2002-01-01 0.1152871 2002-04-01 0.1161036 2002-07-01 0.0000000 2002-10-01 0.0000000 2003-01-01 0.0472992 2003-04-01 0.2207993 2003-07-01 0.0000000 2003-10-01 0.0877078 2004-01-01 0.0000000 2004-04-01 0.0000000 2004-07-01 0.0493559 2004-10-01 0.1201706 2005-01-01 0.0000000 2005-04-01 0.0000000 2005-07-01 0.0000000 2005-10-01 0.0000000 2006-01-01 0.0000000 2006-04-01 0.0000000 2006-07-01 0.0000000 2006-10-01 0.0000000 2007-01-01 0.0000000 2007-04-01 0.0000000 2007-07-01 0.0521921 2007-10-01 0.0000000 2008-01-01 0.0000000 2008-04-01 0.0000000 2008-07-01 0.0000000 2008-10-01 0.0000000 2009-01-01 0.0000000 2009-04-01 0.0000000 2009-07-01 0.0888573 2009-10-01 0.1551711 2010-01-01 0.1716886 2010-04-01 0.3489183 2010-07-01 0.3531073 2010-10-01 0.0891345 2011-01-01 0.0000000 2011-04-01 0.0000000 2011-07-01 0.0000000 2011-10-01 0.0000000 2012-01-01 0.1679825 2012-04-01 0.2697453 2012-07-01 0.0850738 2012-10-01 0.3275065 2013-01-01 0.1536570 2013-04-01 0.1020356 2013-07-01 0.0415766 2013-10-01 0.0886289 2014-01-01 0.1736312 2014-04-01 0.1497454 2014-07-01 0.1037614 2014-10-01 0.0811886 2015-01-01 0.1694150 2015-04-01 0.0870511 2015-07-01 0.0871384 2015-10-01 0.0441950 2016-01-01 0.1830412 2016-04-01 0.0000000 2016-07-01 0.1014919 2016-10-01 0.0402917 2017-01-01 0.0653040 2017-04-01 0.0000000 2017-07-01 0.1016105 2017-10-01 0.2267677 2018-01-01 0.0462107 2018-04-01 0.3614209 2018-07-01 0.1344146 2018-10-01 0.1202501 2019-01-01 0.1533742 2019-04-01 0.4755338 2019-07-01 0.1924372 2019-10-01 0.3354720 2020-01-01 0.5646072 2020-04-01 0.3199545 2020-07-01 0.2352388 2020-10-01 0.2971894 2021-01-01 0.0843384 2021-04-01 0.1731302 2021-07-01 0.1978866 2021-10-01 0.2588103 2022-01-01 0.3064799 2022-04-01 0.5212134 2022-07-01 0.2987113 2022-10-01 0.3825821 2023-01-01 0.2084723 2023-04-01 0.2414584 2023-07-01 0.3371970 2023-10-01 0.0625821 2024-01-01 0.0660022