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Discussion About Pandemics Index for United States (WPDIUSA)

Q4 2024: 24.36000
Updated: Jan 15, 2025 2:18 PM CST
Next Release Date: Not Available
Q4 2024:  24.36000  
Q3 2024:  18.78993  
Q2 2024:  33.29560  
Q1 2024:  39.47368  
Q4 2023:  28.43954  
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Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

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NOTES

Source: Ahir, Hites

Source: Bloom, Nick

Source: Furceri, Davide

Release: World Uncertainty Index  

Units:  Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Notes:

The index of discussion about pandemics is constructed by counting the number of times a word related to pandemics is mentioned in the Economist Intelligence Unit country reports. Specifically, the index is the percent of the words related to pandemic episodes in EIU country reports, multiplied by 1,000. A higher number means higher discussion about pandemics and vice versa.

Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation.

Suggested Citation:

Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick and Furceri, Davide, Discussion About Pandemics Index for United States [WPDIUSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPDIUSA, .

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World Uncertainty Index

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