Table Data - Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for United States
| Title | Smoothed World Uncertainty Index for United States |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIMAUSA |
| 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 | 1952-07-01 to 2024-10-01 |
| Last Updated | 2025-01-15 2:18 PM CST |
| 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' for additional explanation. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1952-07-01 | 0.0128833 |
| 1952-10-01 | 0.0234323 |
| 1953-01-01 | 0.0425477 |
| 1953-04-01 | 0.0196790 |
| 1953-07-01 | 0.0306664 |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.0125849 |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.0630127 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.0562006 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.0508690 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.0596868 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.0253049 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.0530711 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.0230867 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.0446505 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.0601311 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.0449087 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.0159037 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.0846753 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.0408441 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0136147 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.0499688 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.0818915 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.0367817 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.0094845 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.0233454 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0116727 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.0556173 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.0456809 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.0791482 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0336121 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.1084919 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.0491944 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.0412336 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.0586445 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.0488579 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.0641015 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0263981 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.0979905 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.0836831 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.0343090 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0241404 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.0440339 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.0636618 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.0922037 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.0630296 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0225229 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0039087 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.0247311 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.0714439 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.1253201 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.0790431 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.0647280 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.1039803 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.1678354 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.1115024 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.0389061 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.0062498 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.0531821 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.0795256 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0513991 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.0467385 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.0541420 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0387493 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0138409 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.0481357 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0396546 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0160314 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0152913 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0062391 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0200073 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.0285986 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0287556 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.0347908 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.0374476 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.0154327 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0225052 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0093345 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0031115 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.0179533 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.0089767 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0029922 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.0176134 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.0482272 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.0871120 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.0548186 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0346718 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.0106291 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0026533 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.0157916 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.0640322 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.0572782 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.0652104 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0257123 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.1493877 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.0985403 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0374123 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.0169242 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0061793 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.0310579 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.0405628 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0298273 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.0449692 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0308564 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0115443 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.0293621 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0244662 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.0453218 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.0401048 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0162089 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0198729 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.0385758 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.0403072 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.0377769 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0144928 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.0444396 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.0447690 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0330280 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0110811 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.0231270 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0103929 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0103017 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0142794 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0065699 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0018101 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0167983 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0143233 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0057618 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0179128 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0280985 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0126388 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0085784 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0185904 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.0541573 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.0636685 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.0905022 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.0832002 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0330891 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.0568970 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.0484257 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0200953 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0039534 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.0330306 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0295006 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.0346248 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.0238938 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0196533 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0070731 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0105456 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0156744 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0198764 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0082667 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0113381 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.0373221 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.0725583 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.0531653 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.0473461 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0281905 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0198873 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0155566 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.0290952 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0228899 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.0575306 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0260210 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0081237 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0097390 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0048695 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0163410 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0208278 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0091874 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0022448 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0099128 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0049564 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0016521 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.0363989 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0314524 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0510096 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0213671 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.0293561 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.0354414 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0158065 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0039927 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.0341647 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0336826 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0762123 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0476271 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.0853745 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.0901163 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.0885461 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0609091 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.0693331 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.1194092 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.1540904 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.1314193 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.1135834 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0550154 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.0513302 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0193357 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.0304934 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0244091 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0222937 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.0299311 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.0556362 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.0482746 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.0430341 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0160190 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0165069 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0172668 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.0304326 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.0879361 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.1416351 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.0836447 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.0465226 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.0534027 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.0640720 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.0474145 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.0961271 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.0977342 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.0594069 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.0698380 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.0849451 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.0912833 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.0742353 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.0448958 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.0480256 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.0360801 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.0606817 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.0747715 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.0481836 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.1074407 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.1038121 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.1850734 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.1812300 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.0921035 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.0606274 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.0447839 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.0506695 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.0569617 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0353720 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.0486674 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.0902874 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.1242845 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.1038721 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.0501083 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.0303180 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.0348339 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.0857544 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.0993190 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.1273527 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.0735768 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.0355052 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.0403144 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.0175223 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.0473472 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.0826023 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.0879583 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.1314685 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.1488225 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.1471819 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.2152287 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.2422275 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.1671373 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.0946866 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.0730078 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.0279293 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.0299657 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.0422524 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.0434028 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.0570635 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.0580565 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.0578210 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.0559933 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.0966634 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.1597107 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.1075502 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.1034593 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.1047146 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.0971060 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.0939712 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.1035001 |
