Table Data - World Uncertainty Index for United States
| Title | World Uncertainty Index for United States |
|---|---|
| Series ID | WUIUSA |
| 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 | 1952-01-01 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. Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1952-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1952-04-01 | 0.1288328 |
| 1952-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1952-10-01 | 0.0956892 |
| 1953-01-01 | 0.1648941 |
| 1953-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1953-07-01 | 0.1258495 |
| 1953-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1954-01-01 | 0.2940888 |
| 1954-04-01 | 0.1339585 |
| 1954-07-01 | 0.1383509 |
| 1954-10-01 | 0.2069322 |
| 1955-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-04-01 | 0.2308669 |
| 1955-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1955-10-01 | 0.1847746 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.2082683 |
| 1956-04-01 | 0.0896138 |
| 1956-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1956-10-01 | 0.4084411 |
| 1957-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1957-07-01 | 0.2498439 |
| 1957-10-01 | 0.2845355 |
| 1958-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1958-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1958-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1958-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-01-01 | 0.1167270 |
| 1959-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1959-07-01 | 0.2586318 |
| 1959-10-01 | 0.0990884 |
| 1960-01-01 | 0.3030915 |
| 1960-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1960-07-01 | 0.4919444 |
| 1960-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1961-01-01 | 0.1241773 |
| 1961-04-01 | 0.2311337 |
| 1961-07-01 | 0.1080264 |
| 1961-10-01 | 0.2279722 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1962-04-01 | 0.4519570 |
| 1962-07-01 | 0.1924372 |
| 1962-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1963-01-01 | 0.0886289 |
| 1963-04-01 | 0.1758551 |
| 1963-07-01 | 0.2156102 |
| 1963-10-01 | 0.3239041 |
| 1964-01-01 | 0.1172608 |
| 1964-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1964-10-01 | 0.1236553 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.2953919 |
| 1965-04-01 | 0.4582951 |
| 1965-07-01 | 0.1168361 |
| 1965-10-01 | 0.1888396 |
| 1966-01-01 | 0.4060089 |
| 1966-04-01 | 0.6046994 |
| 1966-07-01 | 0.1874941 |
| 1966-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1967-10-01 | 0.2659103 |
| 1968-01-01 | 0.2646728 |
| 1968-04-01 | 0.0803406 |
| 1968-07-01 | 0.1494098 |
| 1968-10-01 | 0.1826150 |
| 1969-01-01 | 0.0775374 |
| 1969-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1969-07-01 | 0.2277558 |
| 1969-10-01 | 0.0843953 |
| 1970-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1970-04-01 | 0.0623908 |
| 1970-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1970-10-01 | 0.0896379 |
| 1971-01-01 | 0.0981740 |
| 1971-04-01 | 0.0797512 |
| 1971-07-01 | 0.1177163 |
| 1971-10-01 | 0.1150880 |
| 1972-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1972-04-01 | 0.0933445 |
| 1972-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1972-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1973-10-01 | 0.0897666 |
| 1974-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1974-07-01 | 0.0880669 |
| 1974-10-01 | 0.1971026 |
| 1975-01-01 | 0.3223311 |
| 1975-04-01 | 0.0800769 |
| 1975-07-01 | 0.0795988 |
| 1975-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1976-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1976-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1976-07-01 | 0.0789578 |
| 1976-10-01 | 0.2806821 |
| 1977-01-01 | 0.1328904 |
| 1977-04-01 | 0.2128263 |
| 1977-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1977-10-01 | 0.7114676 |
| 1978-01-01 | 0.1369675 |
| 1978-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1978-07-01 | 0.0617932 |
| 1978-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1979-01-01 | 0.1449906 |
| 1979-04-01 | 0.1303186 |
| 1979-07-01 | 0.0598122 |
| 1979-10-01 | 0.1732202 |
| 1980-01-01 | 0.0577034 |
| 1980-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1980-07-01 | 0.1371930 |
| 1980-10-01 | 0.0537346 |
| 1981-01-01 | 0.1768764 |
| 1981-04-01 | 0.1031300 |
| 1981-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1981-10-01 | 0.0821760 |
| 1982-01-01 | 0.1517911 |
| 1982-04-01 | 0.1119445 |
| 1982-07-01 | 0.1076137 |
| 1982-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1983-01-01 | 0.2042623 |
| 1983-04-01 | 0.1217137 |
| 1983-07-01 | 0.0702395 |
| 1983-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-01-01 | 0.1039285 |
| 1984-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1984-07-01 | 0.0341869 |
| 1984-10-01 | 0.0543036 |
| 1985-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1985-10-01 | 0.0839913 |
| 1986-01-01 | 0.0296209 |
| 1986-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1986-07-01 | 0.0846274 |
| 1986-10-01 | 0.0981788 |
| 1987-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1987-04-01 | 0.0265287 |
| 1987-07-01 | 0.0796876 |
| 1987-10-01 | 0.2265211 |
| 1988-01-01 | 0.1918005 |
| 1988-04-01 | 0.3188572 |
| 1988-07-01 | 0.2246055 |
| 1988-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-01-01 | 0.2470508 |
| 1989-04-01 | 0.1186029 |
| 1989-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1989-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1990-01-01 | 0.1651528 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.0649266 |
| 1990-07-01 | 0.1131350 |
| 1990-10-01 | 0.0520806 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.0533703 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.0438327 |
| 1991-10-01 | 0.0564557 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.0638488 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.0460490 |
| 1992-10-01 | 0.1635858 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.2733236 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.1019004 |
| 1993-07-01 | 0.1402262 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.0538561 |
| 1994-01-01 | 0.0491376 |
| 1994-04-01 | 0.0442380 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.1151676 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.0494927 |
| 1995-01-01 | 0.2437122 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.0486950 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.0735889 |
| 1996-07-01 | 0.0673446 |
| 1996-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1997-04-01 | 0.0495638 |
| 1997-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.1819947 |
| 1998-04-01 | 0.0662647 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.1915831 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.1148501 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.1197820 |
| 1999-07-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2000-07-01 | 0.1708234 |
| 2000-10-01 | 0.0830013 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.3110904 |
| 2001-04-01 | 0.0687569 |
| 2001-07-01 | 0.3406458 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.2687991 |
| 2002-01-01 | 0.2515565 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.1339674 |
| 2002-07-01 | 0.2377556 |
| 2002-10-01 | 0.4558405 |
| 2003-01-01 | 0.5029057 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.3296703 |
| 2003-07-01 | 0.3192644 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.0604997 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.1731902 |
| 2004-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2004-07-01 | 0.1236018 |
| 2004-10-01 | 0.0602446 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.0607460 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.1092419 |
| 2005-07-01 | 0.2134358 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.1164483 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.1213740 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.0623053 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.0551815 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.1141878 |
| 2007-04-01 | 0.3733898 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.5024495 |
| 2007-10-01 | 0.1047669 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.0964878 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.2013085 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.2036245 |
| 2008-10-01 | 0.1017087 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.3958437 |
| 2009-04-01 | 0.2737976 |
| 2009-07-01 | 0.0941620 |
| 2009-10-01 | 0.2564760 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.2807937 |
| 2010-04-01 | 0.2732738 |
| 2010-07-01 | 0.1877405 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.0850629 |
| 2011-01-01 | 0.1663063 |
| 2011-04-01 | 0.0830703 |
| 2011-07-01 | 0.2341555 |
| 2011-10-01 | 0.2429346 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.0804246 |
| 2012-04-01 | 0.4565019 |
| 2012-07-01 | 0.2774053 |
| 2012-10-01 | 0.7105805 |
| 2013-01-01 | 0.5046257 |
| 2013-04-01 | 0.0897747 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.1741452 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.1218843 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.1633809 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.1828042 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.0582276 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.1837560 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.3498542 |
| 2015-04-01 | 0.4158696 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.2531165 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.0546717 |
| 2016-01-01 | 0.0820681 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.1240233 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.3530824 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.2993833 |
| 2017-01-01 | 0.4282248 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.1038745 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.0542182 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.1571503 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.2105440 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.3077396 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.2508309 |
| 2019-01-01 | 0.4806372 |
| 2019-04-01 | 0.4619886 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.4248088 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.7867408 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.7469655 |
| 2020-04-01 | 0.3310801 |
| 2020-07-01 | 0.1833987 |
| 2020-10-01 | 0.2181596 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.0000000 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.1134687 |
| 2021-07-01 | 0.1545277 |
| 2021-10-01 | 0.1208386 |
| 2022-01-01 | 0.1991437 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.1705709 |
| 2022-07-01 | 0.1706291 |
| 2022-10-01 | 0.1662234 |
| 2023-01-01 | 0.3717670 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.5849664 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.1833069 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.3281486 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.3289474 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.2663648 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.2818489 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.3321818 |
