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: Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for Saudi Arabia Series ID: WUIMASAU 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: 1968-07-01 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. This smoothed version of the index is preferred over the index for country-level data. The 3-quarter weighted moving average is computed as follows: 1996Q4 = (1996Q4*0.6) + (1996Q3*0.3) + (1996Q2*0.1)/3. 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 1968-07-01 0.0981836 1968-10-01 0.0490918 1969-01-01 0.1276605 1969-04-01 0.0556483 1969-07-01 0.0185494 1969-10-01 0.0000000 1970-01-01 0.0000000 1970-04-01 0.0000000 1970-07-01 0.0000000 1970-10-01 0.0000000 1971-01-01 0.0000000 1971-04-01 0.0000000 1971-07-01 0.0000000 1971-10-01 0.0000000 1972-01-01 0.0457457 1972-04-01 0.0228728 1972-07-01 0.0076243 1972-10-01 0.0423549 1973-01-01 0.0211775 1973-04-01 0.0946632 1973-07-01 0.0438020 1973-10-01 0.0146007 1974-01-01 0.0350508 1974-04-01 0.0517018 1974-07-01 0.0731119 1974-10-01 0.0307870 1975-01-01 0.0458519 1975-04-01 0.0187441 1975-07-01 0.0062480 1975-10-01 0.0000000 1976-01-01 0.0000000 1976-04-01 0.0000000 1976-07-01 0.0000000 1976-10-01 0.0000000 1977-01-01 0.0000000 1977-04-01 0.0000000 1977-07-01 0.0000000 1977-10-01 0.0000000 1978-01-01 0.0373972 1978-04-01 0.0186986 1978-07-01 0.0258023 1978-10-01 0.0409156 1979-01-01 0.0328670 1979-04-01 0.0122085 1979-07-01 0.0199317 1979-10-01 0.0087958 1980-01-01 0.0029319 1980-04-01 0.0532529 1980-07-01 0.0266264 1980-10-01 0.0413483 1981-01-01 0.0272959 1981-04-01 0.0109419 1981-07-01 0.0457125 1981-10-01 0.0219346 1982-01-01 0.0352797 1982-04-01 0.0445955 1982-07-01 0.0334989 1982-10-01 0.0118678 1983-01-01 0.0130521 1983-04-01 0.0237126 1983-07-01 0.0525582 1983-10-01 0.0422847 1984-01-01 0.0161494 1984-04-01 0.0030719 1984-07-01 0.0000000 1984-10-01 0.0046576 1985-01-01 0.0023288 1985-04-01 0.0007763 1985-07-01 0.0000000 1985-10-01 0.0163528 1986-01-01 0.0081764 1986-04-01 0.0027255 1986-07-01 0.0285649 1986-10-01 0.0142825 1987-01-01 0.0207002 1987-04-01 0.0079697 1987-07-01 0.0026566 1987-10-01 0.0189304 1988-01-01 0.0217141 1988-04-01 0.0289646 1988-07-01 0.0223954 1988-10-01 0.0278864 1989-01-01 0.0114268 1989-04-01 0.0306523 1989-07-01 0.0237107 1989-10-01 0.0327433 1990-01-01 0.0132530 1990-04-01 0.0038623 1990-07-01 0.0353648 1990-10-01 0.0357289 1991-01-01 0.0284648 1991-04-01 0.0410640 1991-07-01 0.0685911 1991-10-01 0.0590281 1992-01-01 0.0226829 1992-04-01 0.0220720 1992-07-01 0.0447810 1992-10-01 0.0303957 1993-01-01 0.0107441 1993-04-01 0.0241520 1993-07-01 0.0236350 1993-10-01 0.0604093 1994-01-01 0.0272943 1994-04-01 0.0084122 1994-07-01 0.0122662 1994-10-01 0.0500101 1995-01-01 0.0239828 1995-04-01 0.0304155 1995-07-01 0.0252895 1995-10-01 0.0342739 1996-01-01 0.0140669 1996-04-01 0.0039257 1996-07-01 0.0271389 1996-10-01 0.0135694 1997-01-01 0.0195574 1997-04-01 0.0075171 1997-07-01 0.0025057 1997-10-01 0.0471921 1998-01-01 0.0235960 1998-04-01 0.0217900 1998-07-01 0.0069623 1998-10-01 0.0023208 1999-01-01 0.0000000 1999-04-01 0.0155690 1999-07-01 0.0635959 1999-10-01 0.0434673 2000-01-01 0.0157853 2000-04-01 0.0562298 2000-07-01 0.0406158 2000-10-01 0.0572243 2001-01-01 0.0904829 2001-04-01 0.0406578 2001-07-01 0.0400989 2001-10-01 0.0566594 2002-01-01 0.0549365 2002-04-01 0.0553570 2002-07-01 0.0534420 2002-10-01 0.0340179 2003-01-01 0.0115495 2003-04-01 0.0359201 2003-07-01 0.0376143 2003-10-01 0.0286413 2004-01-01 0.0097765 2004-04-01 0.0021089 2004-07-01 0.0000000 2004-10-01 0.0120736 2005-01-01 0.0168488 2005-04-01 0.0074183 2005-07-01 0.0131110 2005-10-01 0.0167385 2006-01-01 0.0440345 2006-04-01 0.0201512 2006-07-01 0.0061013 2006-10-01 0.0118078 2007-01-01 0.0165632 2007-04-01 0.0182373 2007-07-01 0.0288517 2007-10-01 0.0379434 2008-01-01 0.0577190 2008-04-01 0.0451370 2008-07-01 0.1015346 2008-10-01 0.0858189 2009-01-01 0.0542653 2009-04-01 0.0349096 2009-07-01 0.0124322 2009-10-01 0.0380056 2010-01-01 0.0540116 2010-04-01 0.0813922 2010-07-01 0.0733963 2010-10-01 0.0463102 2011-01-01 0.0537275 2011-04-01 0.0584478 2011-07-01 0.0245573 2011-10-01 0.0255533 2012-01-01 0.0286945 2012-04-01 0.0127214 2012-07-01 0.0203166 2012-10-01 0.0384218 2013-01-01 0.0177809 2013-04-01 0.0049736 2013-07-01 0.0000000 2013-10-01 0.0401016 2014-01-01 0.0369956 2014-04-01 0.0292395 2014-07-01 0.0253987 2014-10-01 0.0101136 2015-01-01 0.0358390 2015-04-01 0.0437089 2015-07-01 0.0190836 2015-10-01 0.0345688 2016-01-01 0.0307916 2016-04-01 0.0403054 2016-07-01 0.0300556 2016-10-01 0.0386294 2017-01-01 0.0668909 2017-04-01 0.0439970 2017-07-01 0.0625210 2017-10-01 0.1186776 2018-01-01 0.0671528 2018-04-01 0.0665435 2018-07-01 0.0593569 2018-10-01 0.0682549 2019-01-01 0.0781338 2019-04-01 0.0956711 2019-07-01 0.0400020 2019-10-01 0.0520493 2020-01-01 0.0768714 2020-04-01 0.0442834 2020-07-01 0.0479882 2020-10-01 0.0504018 2021-01-01 0.0392955 2021-04-01 0.0493702 2021-07-01 0.0605257 2021-10-01 0.0366213 2022-01-01 0.0713576 2022-04-01 0.0820003 2022-07-01 0.0814887 2022-10-01 0.0737255 2023-01-01 0.0883595 2023-04-01 0.0784613 2023-07-01 0.0449426 2023-10-01 0.0281643 2024-01-01 0.0094287