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Title:               World Uncertainty Index: Global: Simple Average
Series ID:           WUIGLOBALSMPAVG
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:          1990-01-01 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
1990-01-01  9411.204
1990-04-01  9267.289
1990-07-01 13230.890
1990-10-01 10886.610
1991-01-01  9446.463
1991-04-01 10922.480
1991-07-01  9657.110
1991-10-01  8470.171
1992-01-01 10889.000
1992-04-01 12753.200
1992-07-01 11028.290
1992-10-01 12509.500
1993-01-01  9082.783
1993-04-01 12739.150
1993-07-01 12117.600
1993-10-01 14335.870
1994-01-01 10871.380
1994-04-01 11243.930
1994-07-01 12446.790
1994-10-01 11781.690
1995-01-01  9409.442
1995-04-01 10513.400
1995-07-01  9686.272
1995-10-01 11510.830
1996-01-01 12580.840
1996-04-01 11671.070
1996-07-01 10196.190
1996-10-01 11303.690
1997-01-01  8614.271
1997-04-01 10732.230
1997-07-01 11452.690
1997-10-01 11508.360
1998-01-01 14228.050
1998-04-01 14504.910
1998-07-01 11728.350
1998-10-01 14219.680
1999-01-01 11438.840
1999-04-01 11356.630
1999-07-01 10578.610
1999-10-01 14326.660
2000-01-01 11018.460
2000-04-01 12878.130
2000-07-01 12189.600
2000-10-01 12462.730
2001-01-01 13424.470
2001-04-01 13419.920
2001-07-01 13656.920
2001-10-01 17052.760
2002-01-01 17898.100
2002-04-01 12716.750
2002-07-01 10474.980
2002-10-01 15357.440
2003-01-01 15814.660
2003-04-01 22181.340
2003-07-01 14339.110
2003-10-01 13304.620
2004-01-01 12826.970
2004-04-01 14036.940
2004-07-01 14326.840
2004-10-01 13994.630
2005-01-01 14116.760
2005-04-01 12877.170
2005-07-01 15711.720
2005-10-01 14918.910
2006-01-01 13605.000
2006-04-01 16080.320
2006-07-01 13974.320
2006-10-01 12467.290
2007-01-01 13709.510
2007-04-01 11730.960
2007-07-01 14483.210
2007-10-01 14525.910
2008-01-01 12745.870
2008-04-01 13256.690
2008-07-01 12943.170
2008-10-01 13841.780
2009-01-01 14532.990
2009-04-01 13059.040
2009-07-01 14065.570
2009-10-01 13742.630
2010-01-01 14421.220
2010-04-01 15644.230
2010-07-01 16127.060
2010-10-01 14742.340
2011-01-01 16075.880
2011-04-01 16742.340
2011-07-01 19621.820
2011-10-01 18218.820
2012-01-01 19113.690
2012-04-01 25315.060
2012-07-01 23764.510
2012-10-01 22170.600
2013-01-01 23274.250
2013-04-01 21872.170
2013-07-01 21941.480
2013-10-01 23593.380
2014-01-01 21355.190
2014-04-01 20741.190
2014-07-01 18590.660
2014-10-01 19159.670
2015-01-01 21909.180
2015-04-01 22376.540
2015-07-01 22771.920
2015-10-01 27336.310
2016-01-01 24088.850
2016-04-01 22924.960
2016-07-01 33863.660
2016-10-01 30551.200
2017-01-01 32886.180
2017-04-01 22192.550
2017-07-01 18574.570
2017-10-01 23726.950
2018-01-01 19051.030
2018-04-01 18437.450
2018-07-01 20484.340
2018-10-01 21724.660
2019-01-01 29707.970
2019-04-01 23832.260
2019-07-01 25417.490
2019-10-01 27789.540
2020-01-01 27165.670
2020-04-01 24050.380
2020-07-01 33481.000
2020-10-01 24511.590
2021-01-01 17911.830
2021-04-01 22550.070
2021-07-01 23529.340
2021-10-01 23117.640
2022-01-01 22033.800
2022-04-01 25434.660
2022-07-01 20214.250
2022-10-01 26940.260
2023-01-01 19697.240
2023-04-01 23722.650
2023-07-01 22050.810
2023-10-01 17744.120
2024-01-01 16396.190