Year Month News-Based Historical Economic Policy Uncertainty

1900 1 188.8426
1900 2 163.4859
1900 3 224.7651
1900 4 117.4808
1900 5 121.096
1900 6 139.1732
1900 7 138.2354
1900 8 134.008
1900 9 124.9905
1900 10 139.0477
1900 11 128.9671
1900 12 86.68908
1901 1 140.8519
1901 2 110.8828
1901 3 168.2532
1901 4 111.2259
1901 5 116.819
1901 6 100.9994
1901 7 98.80566
1901 8 107.2323
1901 9 112.9476
1901 10 155.8634
1901 11 127.7766
1901 12 151.2054
1902 1 108.3637
1902 2 106.1299
1902 3 74.25962
1902 4 114.6129
1902 5 88.56781
1902 6 72.9398
1902 7 53.04422
1902 8 65.40536
1902 9 70.87402
1902 10 124.6817
1902 11 124.698
1902 12 105.4252
1903 1 86.94469
1903 2 99.67355
1903 3 83.19995
1903 4 93.52351
1903 5 66.98905
1903 6 68.40795
1903 7 69.12033
1903 8 85.9985
1903 9 79.35874
1903 10 74.83612
1903 11 77.12253
1903 12 95.28886
1904 1 105.3877
1904 2 104.7025
1904 3 104.3808
1904 4 79.26329
1904 5 97.04478
1904 6 103.1479
1904 7 140.6941
1904 8 86.00218
1904 9 94.46331
1904 10 94.5176
1904 11 87.17545
1904 12 74.18441
1905 1 104.1329
1905 2 101.7426
1905 3 80.23151
1905 4 69.71798
1905 5 80.8364
1905 6 85.48547
1905 7 84.11413
1905 8 105.7037
1905 9 55.9507
1905 10 82.85233
1905 11 121.1094
1905 12 91.48823
1906 1 66.77466
1906 2 112.8249
1906 3 67.88618
1906 4 76.30952
1906 5 72.4164
1906 6 99.30013
1906 7 84.73521
1906 8 75.0398
1906 9 47.29282
1906 10 69.07479
1906 11 81.47593
1906 12 76.03514
1907 1 34.75067
1907 2 59.06053
1907 3 67.73706
1907 4 58.42075
1907 5 70.50076
1907 6 63.02403
1907 7 80.24904
1907 8 71.27664
1907 9 73.20368
1907 10 57.30847
1907 11 63.27158
1907 12 85.79974
1908 1 86.69262
1908 2 90.20289
1908 3 101.9826
1908 4 91.06293
1908 5 86.62927
1908 6 84.26547
1908 7 46.90307
1908 8 58.37115
1908 9 60.61796
1908 10 96.1124
1908 11 78.26105
1908 12 100.4875
1909 1 135.5595
1909 2 138.0831
1909 3 152.1224
1909 4 113.5257
1909 5 100.7231
1909 6 84.15469
1909 7 103.6079
1909 8 107.1127
1909 9 66.11623
1909 10 74.66568
1909 11 65.28526
1909 12 105.1573
1910 1 107.8626
1910 2 113.2253
1910 3 78.07453
1910 4 87.24142
1910 5 83.78022
1910 6 111.5736
1910 7 85.52196
1910 8 57.77111
1910 9 96.9397
1910 10 75.68314
1910 11 117.1082
1910 12 78.08683
1911 1 62.84458
1911 2 104.9809
1911 3 89.37019
1911 4 117.0519
1911 5 101.2113
1911 6 88.23275
1911 7 75.4498
1911 8 96.19867
1911 9 84.22018
1911 10 102.5552
1911 11 91.44442
1911 12 99.92369
1912 1 76.9654
1912 2 97.41346
1912 3 80.87492
1912 4 54.53427
1912 5 48.26691
1912 6 83.1293
1912 7 75.65305
1912 8 77.14696
1912 9 58.58722
1912 10 59.5993
1912 11 128.9262
1912 12 97.77369
1913 1 92.74043
1913 2 106.5446
1913 3 108.6293
1913 4 135.8969
1913 5 106.4847
1913 6 118.9002
1913 7 106.1725
1913 8 108.9978
1913 9 112.0199
1913 10 124.1738
1913 11 136.1009
1913 12 155.4031
1914 1 138.6961
1914 2 99.66337
1914 3 80.7656
1914 4 102.5221
1914 5 84.88683
1914 6 163.2189
1914 7 153.2844
1914 8 226.6779
1914 9 182.4195
1914 10 110.2061
1914 11 148.7213
1914 12 100.6808
1915 1 133.526
1915 2 158.715
1915 3 150.9112
1915 4 94.3419
1915 5 138.3945
1915 6 126.382
1915 7 124.7662
1915 8 169.5356
1915 9 130.4991
1915 10 112.9903
1915 11 118.9622
1915 12 110.2232
1916 1 100.0212
1916 2 121.3209
1916 3 135.3412
1916 4 117.6329
1916 5 112.2921
1916 6 117.7286
1916 7 92.79261
1916 8 123.1433
1916 9 81.72443
1916 10 106.1053
1916 11 90.51677
1916 12 93.56287
1917 1 61.77223
1917 2 119.398
1917 3 81.87013
1917 4 122.5418
1917 5 78.45609
1917 6 104.8693
1917 7 160.9499
1917 8 145.694
1917 9 133.8939
1917 10 112.321
1917 11 119.5948
1917 12 142.8406
1918 1 156.3064
1918 2 165.6939
1918 3 118.3987
1918 4 121.1223
1918 5 153.8218
1918 6 136.8406
1918 7 175.9656
1918 8 113.1633
1918 9 108.4622
1918 10 107.1646
1918 11 229.9875
1918 12 256.4885
1919 1 201.9113
1919 2 179.1054
1919 3 144.8097
1919 4 114.2626
1919 5 132.5122
1919 6 129.0824
1919 7 145.5388
1919 8 136.201
1919 9 119.6874
1919 10 114.7487
1919 11 129.1577
1919 12 150.8555
1920 1 72.99365
1920 2 89.42496
1920 3 88.48624
1920 4 66.32037
1920 5 70.50541
1920 6 126.1104
1920 7 83.86132
1920 8 111.0241
1920 9 72.68394
1920 10 97.17714
1920 11 68.70062
1920 12 81.08698
1921 1 69.63542
1921 2 66.57771
1921 3 93.09138
1921 4 94.02025
1921 5 94.71528
1921 6 104.8352
1921 7 99.83207
1921 8 136.9072
1921 9 140.2026
1921 10 88.54073
1921 11 75.06522
1921 12 98.10078
1922 1 100.3339
1922 2 98.03942
1922 3 81.03692
1922 4 81.46726
1922 5 79.39108
1922 6 88.59433
1922 7 92.09898
1922 8 88.59078
1922 9 89.28977
1922 10 66.02129
1922 11 77.13297
1922 12 67.9686
1923 1 106.9154
1923 2 77.86567
1923 3 65.05682
1923 4 82.74852
1923 5 86.9445
1923 6 84.66419
1923 7 116.5899
1923 8 89.10556
1923 9 85.33794
1923 10 90.60307
1923 11 84.45831
1923 12 89.01038
1924 1 108.6432
1924 2 81.44839
1924 3 104.0859
1924 4 110.5461
1924 5 167.1023
1924 6 123.3424
1924 7 98.90002
1924 8 115.8547
1924 9 79.62254
1924 10 141.382
1924 11 135.8667
1924 12 104.7144
1925 1 106.0876
1925 2 63.85575
1925 3 88.21921
1925 4 83.75463
1925 5 87.77007
1925 6 75.04261
1925 7 44.9484
1925 8 78.46589
1925 9 72.03616
1925 10 94.16293
1925 11 90.11568
1925 12 71.86861
1926 1 70.88535
1926 2 73.73474
1926 3 58.19131
1926 4 52.67887
1926 5 80.30718
1926 6 67.36776
1926 7 87.34057
1926 8 90.13015
1926 9 84.41649
1926 10 79.26063
1926 11 114.1035
1926 12 83.81003
1927 1 79.88611
1927 2 67.51424
1927 3 58.08757
1927 4 69.78757
1927 5 71.09299
1927 6 77.98864
1927 7 88.65768
1927 8 73.59159
1927 9 71.9425
1927 10 68.69399
1927 11 66.23586
1927 12 87.08976
1928 1 82.61806
1928 2 67.33735
1928 3 60.63065
1928 4 69.91162
1928 5 56.46412
1928 6 64.5648
1928 7 84.91172
1928 8 101.2543
1928 9 73.71627
1928 10 72.99112
1928 11 82.34858
1928 12 60.78055
1929 1 88.33013
1929 2 122.6822
1929 3 101.1314
1929 4 110.516
1929 5 91.86692
1929 6 107.1524
1929 7 96.41274
1929 8 88.50398
1929 9 88.4214
1929 10 74.37878
1929 11 80.95597
1929 12 102.3269
1930 1 86.00759
1930 2 105.8541
1930 3 87.97424
1930 4 76.33883
1930 5 70.68055
1930 6 118.7107
1930 7 71.31686
1930 8 79.78321
1930 9 82.43136
1930 10 77.48701
1930 11 105.1302
1930 12 85.87639
1931 1 95.24644
1931 2 97.14947
1931 3 104.1669
1931 4 79.29254
1931 5 94.10686
1931 6 98.45723
1931 7 71.62448
1931 8 98.29517
1931 9 86.61329
1931 10 102.0737
1931 11 81.96945
1931 12 136.0333
1932 1 159.0651
1932 2 135.2006
1932 3 146.1901
1932 4 154.9144
1932 5 256.843
1932 6 223.5042
1932 7 153.1495
1932 8 100.8472
1932 9 87.57608
1932 10 156.7482
1932 11 235.4777
1932 12 190.4084
1933 1 177.9384
1933 2 161.2106
1933 3 134.2273
1933 4 179.2444
1933 5 151.987
1933 6 163.5467
1933 7 89.91999
1933 8 108.692
1933 9 127.5377
1933 10 142.7273
1933 11 175.282
1933 12 184.2284
1934 1 182.0384
1934 2 137.2445
1934 3 194.1199
1934 4 174.4932
1934 5 209.1555
1934 6 217.0989
1934 7 175.6959
1934 8 171.1094
1934 9 228.8806
1934 10 228.7329
1934 11 169.4063
1934 12 175.7146
1935 1 243.7043
1935 2 245.8312
1935 3 317.3867
1935 4 202.8593
1935 5 285.179
1935 6 234.6815
1935 7 186.7193
1935 8 171.424
1935 9 212.351
1935 10 187.7783
1935 11 147.71
1935 12 187.6995
1936 1 262.0811
1936 2 172.0322
1936 3 164.3294
1936 4 163.3983
1936 5 205.166
1936 6 205.8784
1936 7 127.6376
1936 8 139.1584
1936 9 122.2015
1936 10 128.4087
1936 11 124.6013
1936 12 98.52227
1937 1 177.2538
1937 2 127.8215
1937 3 117.832
1937 4 150.1626
1937 5 134.5819
1937 6 183.2397
1937 7 155.9197
1937 8 164.3344
1937 9 172.3016
1937 10 128.4901
1937 11 238.8967
1937 12 221.2385
1938 1 272.3933
1938 2 188.321
1938 3 170.2431
1938 4 185.3445
1938 5 190.0151
1938 6 177.3464
1938 7 126.7621
1938 8 144.8815
1938 9 236.1628
1938 10 177.1406
1938 11 145.8015
1938 12 132.5939
1939 1 158.2989
1939 2 151.7741
1939 3 132.9069
1939 4 182.5684
1939 5 171.3484
1939 6 130.945
1939 7 150.2854
1939 8 155.2858
1939 9 237.9229
1939 10 239.3731
1939 11 164.1356
1939 12 146.0847
1940 1 208.6869
1940 2 153.3196
1940 3 177.3153
1940 4 182.376
1940 5 190.9887
1940 6 236.4433
1940 7 166.8618
1940 8 221.8677
1940 9 202.3327
1940 10 192.2595
1940 11 149.0149
1940 12 166.1613
1941 1 185.0538
1941 2 174.8801
1941 3 160.0532
1941 4 128.2626
1941 5 131.0774
1941 6 161.0205
1941 7 147.7899
1941 8 141.6279
1941 9 111.6702
1941 10 118.9633
1941 11 135.0771
1941 12 207.3902
1942 1 215.3798
1942 2 163.9376
1942 3 154.5282
1942 4 215.3591
1942 5 222.4077
1942 6 158.434
1942 7 188.2934
1942 8 180.016
1942 9 212.757
1942 10 168.2687
1942 11 134.9227
1942 12 201.6357
1943 1 146.878
1943 2 122.7898
1943 3 200.0471
1943 4 138.3515
1943 5 179.3519
1943 6 155.3182
1943 7 154.3448
1943 8 127.3965
1943 9 158.5912
1943 10 119.5584
1943 11 134.511
1943 12 123.6094
1944 1 112.8577
1944 2 132.0972
1944 3 100.9584
1944 4 196.423
1944 5 121.9887
1944 6 94.68127
1944 7 114.3209
1944 8 104.2296
1944 9 152.2831
1944 10 146.1261
1944 11 119.4283
1944 12 152.221
1945 1 96.23399
1945 2 100.4653
1945 3 135.332
1945 4 124.3359
1945 5 115.3874
1945 6 130.734
1945 7 149.0067
1945 8 207.7068
1945 9 175.7764
1945 10 180.6166
1945 11 132.1324
1945 12 138.8721
1946 1 129.8374
1946 2 109.4575
1946 3 150.9992
1946 4 132.0586
1946 5 111.486
1946 6 117.121
1946 7 170.5365
1946 8 115.6417
1946 9 120.1693
1946 10 116.3948
1946 11 114.078
1946 12 119.5058
1947 1 114.2647
1947 2 152.2009
1947 3 130.5448
1947 4 153.9724
1947 5 163.1066
1947 6 140.8187
1947 7 112.4254
1947 8 111.9913
1947 9 113.7115
1947 10 85.73466
1947 11 137.2261
1947 12 118.5518
1948 1 119.4632
1948 2 85.18812
1948 3 71.38684
1948 4 86.79726
1948 5 69.21114
1948 6 73.85011
1948 7 88.04681
1948 8 69.384
1948 9 102.8769
1948 10 93.12964
1948 11 92.05695
1948 12 78.86359
1949 1 138.4353
1949 2 97.86217
1949 3 78.9222
1949 4 73.09436
1949 5 59.81542
1949 6 75.83322
1949 7 89.43112
1949 8 71.35567
1949 9 72.61924
1949 10 65.72218
1949 11 50.68777
1949 12 65.77186
1950 1 100.2916
1950 2 66.93998
1950 3 53.60502
1950 4 57.01405
1950 5 56.13409
1950 6 82.20815
1950 7 105.5558
1950 8 89.54942
1950 9 77.51424
1950 10 75.09637
1950 11 97.54499
1950 12 90.95856
1951 1 131.3208
1951 2 69.70625
1951 3 74.15917
1951 4 82.02309
1951 5 88.56258
1951 6 81.6271
1951 7 119.4814
1951 8 74.95314
1951 9 69.5419
1951 10 61.21293
1951 11 55.70609
1951 12 48.56456
1952 1 95.72547
1952 2 56.95047
1952 3 58.13129
1952 4 57.16037
1952 5 84.84663
1952 6 87.78343
1952 7 78.78804
1952 8 56.09232
1952 9 54.8354
1952 10 86.28613
1952 11 67.87939
1952 12 64.93063
1953 1 57.38873
1953 2 57.50226
1953 3 98.21149
1953 4 78.63492
1953 5 59.75497
1953 6 100.49
1953 7 72.70238
1953 8 60.56891
1953 9 45.44143
1953 10 64.72421
1953 11 75.88195
1953 12 71.51015
1954 1 94.55936
1954 2 89.64388
1954 3 73.64675
1954 4 45.41204
1954 5 49.40274
1954 6 77.7514
1954 7 48.06743
1954 8 49.01925
1954 9 59.8084
1954 10 58.61703
1954 11 57.81487
1954 12 44.4123
1955 1 74.90004
1955 2 72.5394
1955 3 57.4623
1955 4 54.57359
1955 5 47.68922
1955 6 31.88437
1955 7 36.04877
1955 8 44.27595
1955 9 40.89177
1955 10 41.47469
1955 11 49.90896
1955 12 37.83755
1956 1 70.16759
1956 2 68.82139
1956 3 61.69565
1956 4 51.56644
1956 5 40.80233
1956 6 40.19051
1956 7 55.18898
1956 8 38.90877
1956 9 29.62021
1956 10 45.49249
1956 11 65.41603
1956 12 54.83926
1957 1 76.27751
1957 2 58.41375
1957 3 40.7943
1957 4 41.4277
1957 5 43.82982
1957 6 54.6205
1957 7 55.92306
1957 8 50.48261
1957 9 34.63057
1957 10 31.91898
1957 11 52.10978
1957 12 59.98262
1958 1 67.27277
1958 2 55.91778
1958 3 53.66846
1958 4 53.53402
1958 5 72.54568
1958 6 56.70101
1958 7 60.27753
1958 8 41.00827
1958 9 31.80185
1958 10 40.61568
1958 11 46.54479
1958 12 49.49479
1959 1 43.81541
1959 2 47.89583
1959 3 43.84299
1959 4 41.0105
1959 5 35.80554
1959 6 36.47415
1959 7 42.65975
1959 8 40.69082
1959 9 45.76478
1959 10 35.64394
1959 11 36.87564
1959 12 45.38642
1960 1 61.86753
1960 2 58.57156
1960 3 35.21153
1960 4 45.99794
1960 5 46.92206
1960 6 45.2061
1960 7 52.13044
1960 8 50.12878
1960 9 44.7094
1960 10 43.66991
1960 11 66.53564
1960 12 45.40381
1961 1 62.06585
1961 2 41.52408
1961 3 39.76148
1961 4 30.30727
1961 5 47.23153
1961 6 56.72371
1961 7 46.05004
1961 8 53.37792
1961 9 46.03877
1961 10 40.20292
1961 11 51.09821
1961 12 46.17371
1962 1 58.91591
1962 2 38.48257
1962 3 42.71896
1962 4 47.33257
1962 5 40.36163
1962 6 72.51713
1962 7 69.69733
1962 8 74.40321
1962 9 67.45135
1962 10 58.75923
1962 11 52.35891
1962 12 55.67612
1963 1 78.37273
1963 2 73.32969
1963 3 54.81013
1963 4 47.13971
1963 5 53.95648
1963 6 62.08118
1963 7 66.54863
1963 8 56.48883
1963 9 63.51764
1963 10 46.44674
1963 11 53.11105
1963 12 67.0354
1964 1 66.82889
1964 2 47.75383
1964 3 60.45047
1964 4 46.8498
1964 5 38.48962
1964 6 54.40498
1964 7 47.96618
1964 8 70.64072
1964 9 59.29446
1964 10 49.35463
1964 11 59.11851
1964 12 67.70137
1965 1 49.0364
1965 2 51.43788
1965 3 34.92422
1965 4 58.57585
1965 5 54.86812
1965 6 61.4911
1965 7 55.86753
1965 8 59.97374
1965 9 51.21729
1965 10 51.717
1965 11 46.22306
1965 12 74.34534
1966 1 80.69454
1966 2 61.92202
1966 3 63.72849
1966 4 40.11172
1966 5 68.83986
1966 6 46.27209
1966 7 62.09819
1966 8 63.11915
1966 9 66.66354
1966 10 76.22933
1966 11 66.17731
1966 12 82.94269
1967 1 90.27
1967 2 66.93809
1967 3 66.62245
1967 4 58.12015
1967 5 67.24309
1967 6 104.3271
1967 7 57.09362
1967 8 62.88665
1967 9 53.34394
1967 10 84.87354
1967 11 87.2205
1967 12 91.07095
1968 1 143.6121
1968 2 81.82943
1968 3 122.9717
1968 4 103.1435
1968 5 81.64022
1968 6 72.94321
1968 7 76.25378
1968 8 70.25402
1968 9 57.63731
1968 10 71.6377
1968 11 91.21746
1968 12 75.85532
1969 1 89.01481
1969 2 80.4358
1969 3 76.96495
1969 4 71.80157
1969 5 69.87302
1969 6 67.90115
1969 7 85.07747
1969 8 69.67721
1969 9 63.77333
1969 10 75.46093
1969 11 73.59576
1969 12 100.1887
1970 1 75.64574
1970 2 57.42809
1970 3 54.88065
1970 4 57.30018
1970 5 101.7444
1970 6 93.97366
1970 7 66.49288
1970 8 59.18301
1970 9 79.37045
1970 10 64.22906
1970 11 78.76212
1970 12 94.85004
1971 1 93.13931
1971 2 79.67215
1971 3 75.90736
1971 4 74.11324
1971 5 76.53064
1971 6 96.09102
1971 7 95.87852
1971 8 130.9362
1971 9 105.0038
1971 10 98.42293
1971 11 153.7147
1971 12 108.3225
1972 1 112.4502
1972 2 71.76375
1972 3 84.64276
1972 4 79.34438
1972 5 97.76109
1972 6 77.11426
1972 7 87.17723
1972 8 82.20914
1972 9 85.74998
1972 10 75.90504
1972 11 101.8098
1972 12 89.16421
1973 1 125.2916
1973 2 111.4471
1973 3 110.9223
1973 4 97.92986
1973 5 110.7151
1973 6 132.3655
1973 7 108.4034
1973 8 134.6914
1973 9 84.55733
1973 10 139.9967
1973 11 137.2997
1973 12 151.2028
1974 1 160.2345
1974 2 148.106
1974 3 134.9695
1974 4 104.3565
1974 5 142.9499
1974 6 122.7228
1974 7 124.8654
1974 8 151.1949
1974 9 104.6114
1974 10 124.0432
1974 11 125.8201
1974 12 162.4868
1975 1 129.9032
1975 2 106.3248
1975 3 116.7597
1975 4 113.3198
1975 5 105.0516
1975 6 107.4451
1975 7 110.6664
1975 8 109.5971
1975 9 115.8052
1975 10 142.8292
1975 11 129.2045
1975 12 136.1439
1976 1 116.9357
1976 2 87.90685
1976 3 101.4273
1976 4 86.91444
1976 5 108.3752
1976 6 84.14511
1976 7 73.35417
1976 8 106.9546
1976 9 101.3299
1976 10 95.25882
1976 11 134.6794
1976 12 107.2945
1977 1 107.9642
1977 2 97.99583
1977 3 83.89773
1977 4 112.9544
1977 5 132.8431
1977 6 95.04467
1977 7 108.2888
1977 8 97.11402
1977 9 99.45884
1977 10 132.1659
1977 11 132.0205
1977 12 158.0803
1978 1 147.6257
1978 2 130.9626
1978 3 137.5203
1978 4 114.8249
1978 5 106.9273
1978 6 111.9843
1978 7 139.5195
1978 8 102.8884
1978 9 112.9788
1978 10 104.4685
1978 11 126.4814
1978 12 124.2456
1979 1 114.9338
1979 2 146.9616
1979 3 122.6051
1979 4 128.2938
1979 5 126.9821
1979 6 126.8749
1979 7 174.9269
1979 8 87.745
1979 9 128.1396
1979 10 162.191
1979 11 156.7856
1979 12 142.2252
1980 1 140.9613
1980 2 104.0282
1980 3 112.0333
1980 4 128.2655
1980 5 110.6678
1980 6 104.2862
1980 7 137.7653
1980 8 127.499
1980 9 109.3112
1980 10 117.555
1980 11 130.1082
1980 12 115.7821
1981 1 147.3545
1981 2 108.0241
1981 3 109.4835
1981 4 124.558
1981 5 108.4762
1981 6 141.2491
1981 7 135.1497
1981 8 107.0178
1981 9 150.8744
1981 10 136.8952
1981 11 106.1392
1981 12 117.4862
1982 1 167.318
1982 2 137.5912
1982 3 159.5627
1982 4 149.4663
1982 5 161.0883
1982 6 169.7049
1982 7 146.796
1982 8 157.7541
1982 9 155.1537
1982 10 146.5224
1982 11 139.23
1982 12 150.5641
1983 1 161.4431
1983 2 156.5593
1983 3 140.6617
1983 4 139.6395
1983 5 130.9455
1983 6 143.2231
1983 7 146.5733
1983 8 113.5785
1983 9 121.7775
1983 10 131.2115
1983 11 134.2726
1983 12 109.9205
1984 1 162.6563
1984 2 165.9441
1984 3 134.2677
1984 4 119.7732
1984 5 115.5915
1984 6 145.0166
1984 7 132.601
1984 8 139.6088
1984 9 119.6408
1984 10 122.9706
1984 11 144.2975
1984 12 175.2976
1985 1 134.9415
1985 2 121.8079
1985 3 134.2207
1985 4 127.061
1985 5 119.0993
1985 6 157.3906
1985 7 145.6676
1985 8 167.3834
1985 9 156.043
1985 10 149.8345
1985 11 131.0143
1985 12 154.8383
1986 1 201.5741
1986 2 173.573
1986 3 150.11
1986 4 141.0583
1986 5 164.018
1986 6 158.9907
1986 7 169.5977
1986 8 152.7596
1986 9 166.6262
1986 10 135.1705
1986 11 133.8921
1986 12 119.2337
1987 1 153.546
1987 2 118.1115
1987 3 141.3443
1987 4 119.2543
1987 5 134.5332
1987 6 145.7477
1987 7 129.3706
1987 8 82.48333
1987 9 95.74843
1987 10 236.2088
1987 11 227.3321
1987 12 197.2924
1988 1 176.5701
1988 2 144.3006
1988 3 124.0653
1988 4 134.4099
1988 5 140.0833
1988 6 127.7482
1988 7 127.3653
1988 8 125.1786
1988 9 124.734
1988 10 133.4486
1988 11 147.6677
1988 12 111.0015
1989 1 121.0835
1989 2 99.19811
1989 3 98.11185
1989 4 125.9048
1989 5 125.155
1989 6 134.7142
1989 7 133.0507
1989 8 122.3524
1989 9 108.1751
1989 10 109.4214
1989 11 146.5072
1989 12 138.1042
1990 1 144.2164
1990 2 147.5271
1990 3 133.3389
1990 4 123.9042
1990 5 129.475
1990 6 126.0543
1990 7 129.0263
1990 8 172.0805
1990 9 194.9201
1990 10 177.4986
1990 11 189.8289
1990 12 169.2909
1991 1 242.28
1991 2 147.3303
1991 3 143.1634
1991 4 132.028
1991 5 120.995
1991 6 107.8709
1991 7 115.5907
1991 8 132.3799
1991 9 156.4031
1991 10 152.8078
1991 11 181.9134
1991 12 220.2053
1992 1 152.248
1992 2 190.2138
1992 3 114.2015
1992 4 118.4693
1992 5 106.9031
1992 6 165.9489
1992 7 152.8375
1992 8 165.3436
1992 9 176.0338
1992 10 204.0242
1992 11 150.721
1992 12 121.7403
1993 1 118.0629
1993 2 140.0237
1993 3 151.8302
1993 4 132.7869
1993 5 162.9667
1993 6 164.0041
1993 7 140.9876
1993 8 156.4612
1993 9 160.5222
1993 10 111.0895
1993 11 127.702
1993 12 113.8118
1994 1 114.8393
1994 2 138.1755
1994 3 117.1124
1994 4 143.8161
1994 5 131.8824
1994 6 126.5982
1994 7 105.4429
1994 8 108.7507
1994 9 118.8548
1994 10 98.56018
1994 11 137.027
1994 12 123.533
1995 1 168.9351
1995 2 132.7646
1995 3 121.9806
1995 4 102.4195
1995 5 111.3153
1995 6 106.3512
1995 7 114.2115
1995 8 95.42843
1995 9 104.7948
1995 10 128.7166
1995 11 139.9393
1995 12 131.1463
1996 1 139.2529
1996 2 122.4437
1996 3 111.0452
1996 4 96.40575
1996 5 103.3669
1996 6 125.9617
1996 7 109.8838
1996 8 131.3466
1996 9 119.7869
1996 10 100.1403
1996 11 108.8126
1996 12 99.77458
1997 1 108.5422
1997 2 133.8032
1997 3 108.3156
1997 4 108.5877
1997 5 108.4604
1997 6 118.472
1997 7 112.5082
1997 8 89.12511
1997 9 91.3599
1997 10 137.1217
1997 11 134.3956
1997 12 147.1037
1998 1 149.6893
1998 2 145.8036
1998 3 108.0206
1998 4 112.2405
1998 5 112.62
1998 6 127.0828
1998 7 137.3308
1998 8 176.3926
1998 9 215.6543
1998 10 193.2444
1998 11 150.7712
1998 12 140.8721
1999 1 157.0579
1999 2 126.8422
1999 3 104.086
1999 4 104.4928
1999 5 99.53042
1999 6 124.4175
1999 7 129.7178
1999 8 131.2814
1999 9 118.306
1999 10 98.10404
1999 11 116.4817
1999 12 115.8472
2000 1 132.2542
2000 2 96.52474
2000 3 118.5121
2000 4 115.3583
2000 5 163.0854
2000 6 150.4915
2000 7 124.1013
2000 8 95.46384
2000 9 119.6431
2000 10 123.882
2000 11 220.8951
2000 12 200.1924
2001 1 180.5718
2001 2 173.0858
2001 3 159.6467
2001 4 179.3083
2001 5 151.6168
2001 6 118.7968
2001 7 134.4638
2001 8 135.7506
2001 9 312.6601
2001 10 288.1147
2001 11 215.0335
2001 12 192.5059
2002 1 196.6983
2002 2 135.3358
2002 3 138.048
2002 4 132.0255
2002 5 131.703
2002 6 142.0441
2002 7 171.0906
2002 8 160.7255
2002 9 182.8107
2002 10 153.0409
2002 11 199.9019
2002 12 186.535
2003 1 229.6163
2003 2 189.628
2003 3 250.3035
2003 4 207.1342
2003 5 155.9337
2003 6 133.5376
2003 7 140.2677
2003 8 123.2013
2003 9 136.3181
2003 10 116.4547
2003 11 119.528
2003 12 119.6059
2004 1 127.2515
2004 2 119.1274
2004 3 128.3321
2004 4 115.1236
2004 5 129.1554
2004 6 130.0237
2004 7 126.2766
2004 8 121.9711
2004 9 149.4003
2004 10 147.9739
2004 11 137.4283
2004 12 99.12631
2005 1 107.7261
2005 2 88.2884
2005 3 84.9016
2005 4 116.9626
2005 5 111.3989
2005 6 107.5641
2005 7 116.0698
2005 8 98.94475
2005 9 144.0083
2005 10 111.9071
2005 11 97.77718
2005 12 103.7324
2006 1 115.9712
2006 2 114.5592
2006 3 91.80544
2006 4 119.5262
2006 5 113.3266
2006 6 133.9651
2006 7 145.762
2006 8 122.71
2006 9 97.01213
2006 10 96.09818
2006 11 86.46317
2006 12 100.4216
2007 1 115.9212
2007 2 96.19244
2007 3 112.5003
2007 4 88.69787
2007 5 118.8623
2007 6 98.19871
2007 7 86.47465
2007 8 132.6673
2007 9 147.774
2007 10 128.9533
2007 11 145.6151
2007 12 157.3331
2008 1 239.6756
2008 2 148.8006
2008 3 159.3476
2008 4 144.6089
2008 5 125.6888
2008 6 130.1926
2008 7 147.2475
2008 8 120.0207
2008 9 275.0569
2008 10 297.1825
2008 11 221.9536
2008 12 187.5302
2009 1 236.5221
2009 2 233.6522
2009 3 201.7767
2009 4 143.9197
2009 5 169.1771
2009 6 139.5665
2009 7 136.7623
2009 8 160.46
2009 9 139.6517
2009 10 113.8716
2009 11 142.8999
2009 12 161.2927
2010 1 175.4479
2010 2 175.2189
2010 3 149.7556
2010 4 142.5344
2010 5 185.7758
2010 6 169.1116
2010 7 244.7457
2010 8 166.5937
2010 9 241.3432
2010 10 185.7961
2010 11 212.9394
2010 12 192.4865
2011 1 159.6118
2011 2 153.3409
2011 3 200.6276
2011 4 161.9473
2011 5 152.0862
2011 6 194.9468
2011 7 256.369
2011 8 350.7124
2011 9 259.365
2011 10 171.106
2011 11 183.1006
2011 12 237.2747
2012 1 184.2135
2012 2 148.904
2012 3 149.0519
2012 4 139.7309
2012 5 174.6353
 2012 6 223.213
2012 7 214.1035
2012 8 175.5301
2012 9 201.5807
2012 10 208.9771
2012 11 250.9241
2012 12 250.9266
2013 1 247.8273
2013 2 166.8651
2013 3 188.9721
2013 4 137.23
2013 5 149.1446
2013 6 126.7343
2013 7 117.879
2013 8 150.1781
2013 9 179.0972
2013 10 286.7412
2013 11 125.6958
2013 12 163.8445
2014 1 150.5914
2014 2 121.125
2014 3 143.7684
2014 4 146.3875
2014 5 138.4337
2014 6 124.4554
2014 7 117.0047
2014 8 105.5392
2014 9 129.2255
2014 10 151.5893
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n J. Davis at www.PolicyUncertainty.com. These data can be used freely with attribution to the authors, the paper, and the website.
e paper, and the website.
Month Year News-Based Historical Economic Policy Uncertainty
1 1900 120.3893
2 1900 97.51456
3 1900 182.0217
4 1900 96.19067
5 1900 84.88622
6 1900 99.57092
7 1900 116.2085
8 1900 86.2194
9 1900 82.50779
10 1900 123.3007
11 1900 95.99218
12 1900 81.47649
1 1901 83.90324
2 1901 115.3941
3 1901 97.62917
4 1901 101.3427
5 1901 72.33166
6 1901 47.59002
7 1901 73.08755
8 1901 52.03923
9 1901 104.3107
10 1901 122.4595
11 1901 96.7502
12 1901 112.2144
1 1902 94.60084
2 1902 118.3646
3 1902 81.57838
4 1902 108.9827
5 1902 82.34882
6 1902 65.08032
7 1902 74.18006
8 1902 118.3214
9 1902 104.4949
10 1902 126.4145
11 1902 117.8218
12 1902 94.4692
1 1903 85.74218
2 1903 88.10831
3 1903 92.67673
4 1903 76.58075
5 1903 47.52025
6 1903 52.07425
7 1903 58.00766
8 1903 72.47947
 9 1903 63.88664
10 1903 58.13647
11 1903 70.87897
12 1903 46.62376
1 1904 75.51493
2 1904 50.88274
3 1904 65.2084
4 1904 95.85918
5 1904 70.90622
6 1904 103.7046
7 1904 79.96843
8 1904 67.51801
9 1904 114.0303
10 1904 60.96632
11 1904 54.57432
12 1904 56.03511
1 1905 99.08736
2 1905 69.73597
3 1905 48.82373
4 1905 54.41785
5 1905 83.07361
6 1905 60.39548
7 1905 65.0881
8 1905 82.84031
9 1905 48.24913
10 1905 68.24812
11 1905 113.0854
12 1905 92.84579
1 1906 50.92249
2 1906 127.5055
3 1906 66.1097
4 1906 70.25574
5 1906 60.77596
6 1906 75.3173
7 1906 49.19945
8 1906 68.47807
9 1906 65.86436
10 1906 73.47778
11 1906 85.14191
12 1906 84.14032
1 1907 42.9578
2 1907 61.7912
3 1907 84.42118
4 1907 38.98737
5 1907 54.51968
 6 1907 62.08511
7 1907 52.29493
8 1907 52.93185
9 1907 56.23851
10 1907 35.10868
11 1907 52.51402
12 1907 81.28049
1 1908 68.78962
2 1908 116.7519
3 1908 119.8004
4 1908 87.14297
5 1908 82.72651
6 1908 81.09712
7 1908 51.77158
8 1908 48.91536
9 1908 72.51295
10 1908 87.68932
11 1908 61.87428
12 1908 87.51274
1 1909 102.2295
2 1909 85.46116
3 1909 131.9389
4 1909 85.90334
5 1909 61.38041
6 1909 76.25334
7 1909 54.41341
8 1909 68.86635
9 1909 62.10892
10 1909 49.77008
11 1909 66.30875
12 1909 102.048
1 1910 108.3548
2 1910 114.7097
3 1910 57.90066
4 1910 69.09312
5 1910 76.38085
6 1910 114.3524
7 1910 55.76759
8 1910 53.37183
9 1910 94.77375
10 1910 72.36897
11 1910 101.1355
12 1910 101.032
1 1911 64.52516
2 1911 90.97378
 3 1911 101.443
4 1911 110.7828
5 1911 97.9797
6 1911 87.89815
7 1911 98.80292
8 1911 93.7708
9 1911 60.18731
10 1911 77.30797
11 1911 108.3253
12 1911 96.28813
1 1912 62.89397
2 1912 76.89061
3 1912 61.40942
4 1912 65.2441
5 1912 78.08238
6 1912 64.11594
7 1912 61.8622
8 1912 70.55361
9 1912 40.5533
10 1912 43.58256
11 1912 126.681
12 1912 83.59032
1 1913 80.6544
2 1913 84.66467
3 1913 82.26163
4 1913 100.3692
5 1913 66.50349
6 1913 98.12897
7 1913 67.59329
8 1913 72.72343
9 1913 74.13831
10 1913 72.71341
11 1913 91.26466
12 1913 121.937
1 1914 129.8413
2 1914 110.6818
3 1914 124.9307
4 1914 78.95051
5 1914 104.6012
6 1914 148.7632
7 1914 126.6557
8 1914 84.57597
9 1914 80.53653
10 1914 74.10914
11 1914 82.90596
12 1914 59.60365
1 1915 94.29595
2 1915 105.8618
3 1915 85.21419
4 1915 61.89964
5 1915 74.70691
6 1915 62.09809
7 1915 51.38218
8 1915 60.71734
9 1915 57.36519
10 1915 42.18343
11 1915 72.29747
12 1915 50.56525
1 1916 89.42927
2 1916 66.54211
3 1916 76.23866
4 1916 57.46066
5 1916 54.8771
6 1916 80.33788
7 1916 56.28009
8 1916 74.3595
9 1916 74.51038
10 1916 57.06723
11 1916 65.56478
12 1916 63.89614
1 1917 65.9359
2 1917 77.44283
3 1917 91.67307
4 1917 85.50409
5 1917 59.76352
6 1917 73.97438
7 1917 71.52293
8 1917 103.3534
9 1917 72.95152
10 1917 56.2728
11 1917 49.19458
12 1917 60.10039
1 1918 112.4986
2 1918 107.3343
3 1918 48.90499
4 1918 49.80754
5 1918 81.60576
6 1918 70.83316
7 1918 67.59335
8 1918 56.23015
 9 1918 62.88725
10 1918 53.06293
11 1918 78.19062
12 1918 187.5131
1 1919 115.3231
2 1919 84.9147
3 1919 113.0693
4 1919 46.94952
5 1919 78.62186
6 1919 67.36057
7 1919 103.1863
8 1919 108.352
9 1919 92.10009
10 1919 69.09309
11 1919 76.66338
12 1919 87.17702
1 1920 82.93358
2 1920 70.2021
3 1920 64.64017
4 1920 48.09284
5 1920 43.90273
6 1920 113.6541
7 1920 101.2156
8 1920 70.68044
9 1920 65.96724
10 1920 66.70782
11 1920 61.04018
12 1920 78.71345
1 1921 60.39255
2 1921 80.42898
3 1921 69.71056
4 1921 76.68623
5 1921 75.05975
6 1921 68.76625
7 1921 86.3175
8 1921 109.8146
9 1921 52.0898
10 1921 78.64858
11 1921 57.98428
12 1921 72.7243
1 1922 82.03612
2 1922 68.76244
3 1922 57.40329
4 1922 50.68005
5 1922 38.57629
 6 1922 54.81954
7 1922 42.06293
8 1922 55.38931
9 1922 60.95643
10 1922 52.71375
11 1922 65.37415
12 1922 62.8612
1 1923 61.52471
2 1923 55.25319
3 1923 43.04697
4 1923 53.76324
5 1923 54.83732
6 1923 74.63957
7 1923 49.51202
8 1923 65.92065
9 1923 38.55082
10 1923 51.2077
11 1923 42.26585
12 1923 76.40084
1 1924 73.87392
2 1924 54.51257
3 1924 106.67
4 1924 73.52163
5 1924 121.9515
6 1924 112.505
7 1924 67.91802
8 1924 96.63946
9 1924 75.87122
10 1924 115.9036
11 1924 119.2967
12 1924 82.85627
1 1925 78.08933
2 1925 47.77585
3 1925 55.21923
4 1925 52.77549
5 1925 55.88531
6 1925 51.87003
7 1925 47.69741
8 1925 47.48476
9 1925 56.58974
10 1925 55.94363
11 1925 40.76312
12 1925 54.44962
1 1926 51.11219
2 1926 56.23762
 3 1926 42.86692
4 1926 43.91448
5 1926 67.9146
6 1926 54.16801
7 1926 62.32681
8 1926 67.86167
9 1926 75.02818
10 1926 59.33239
11 1926 46.84726
12 1926 82.18006
1 1927 91.44104
2 1927 65.52348
3 1927 35.71955
4 1927 47.91991
5 1927 46.53411
6 1927 54.53445
7 1927 52.74822
8 1927 55.77146
9 1927 66.42982
10 1927 49.04619
11 1927 61.88367
12 1927 91.58186
1 1928 78.84582
2 1928 54.63216
3 1928 65.94885
4 1928 86.44619
5 1928 51.99791
6 1928 70.00894
7 1928 78.61237
8 1928 82.00577
9 1928 70.48643
10 1928 70.76531
11 1928 74.92371
12 1928 70.64527
1 1929 73.48386
2 1929 109.4359
3 1929 91.20152
4 1929 104.6104
5 1929 88.23907
6 1929 89.10619
7 1929 53.64877
8 1929 58.22891
9 1929 63.28661
10 1929 57.78477
11 1929 61.73947
12 1929 104.9943
1 1930 63.40219
2 1930 87.11502
3 1930 88.19413
4 1930 61.00863
5 1930 50.95369
6 1930 133.6082
7 1930 66.49986
8 1930 62.12663
9 1930 55.89279
10 1930 80.23921
11 1930 122.764
12 1930 82.40926
1 1931 102.5262
2 1931 103.4816
3 1931 95.81139
4 1931 63.3527
5 1931 86.10332
6 1931 56.16673
7 1931 59.46601
8 1931 74.15089
9 1931 88.84827
10 1931 76.66087
11 1931 58.27633
12 1931 135.7529
1 1932 103.5373
2 1932 108.0022
3 1932 121.0424
4 1932 156.605
5 1932 286.0143
6 1932 206.3745
7 1932 123.0469
8 1932 84.62862
9 1932 71.96014
10 1932 144.4308
11 1932 210.0953
12 1932 192.5384
1 1933 196.2971
2 1933 160.696
3 1933 136.921
4 1933 180.7813
5 1933 139.828
6 1933 140.5195
7 1933 75.74403
8 1933 88.57993
 9 1933 121.227
10 1933 134.5777
11 1933 202.5659
12 1933 220.9701
1 1934 210.0134
2 1934 120.4956
3 1934 192.591
4 1934 187.636
5 1934 189.3515
6 1934 173.2769
7 1934 139.891
8 1934 158.7372
9 1934 223.6691
10 1934 202.8452
11 1934 174.7198
12 1934 162.0654
1 1935 228.8584
2 1935 242.8233
3 1935 283.3834
4 1935 193.7362
5 1935 255.1968
6 1935 246.513
7 1935 186.4982
8 1935 152.7946
9 1935 163.2341
10 1935 114.4592
11 1935 118.0738
12 1935 166.1914
1 1936 269.0586
2 1936 143.9718
3 1936 112.8788
4 1936 156.1584
5 1936 203.8511
6 1936 190.4852
7 1936 121.0687
8 1936 120.5694
9 1936 90.43612
10 1936 104.8423
11 1936 109.3421
12 1936 76.65633
1 1937 154.9969
2 1937 108.7458
3 1937 137.5045
4 1937 147.4762
5 1937 152.2333
 6 1937 163.633
7 1937 149.9734
8 1937 153.2821
9 1937 131.9274
10 1937 121.3224
11 1937 259.9269
12 1937 207.9551
1 1938 269.8675
2 1938 147.1152
3 1938 133.751
4 1938 218.5718
5 1938 170.9719
6 1938 180.5829
7 1938 99.15929
8 1938 87.7577
9 1938 107.4149
10 1938 92.75118
11 1938 134.0106
12 1938 116.2149
1 1939 124.6501
2 1939 124.1409
3 1939 142.65
4 1939 109.4457
5 1939 138.5824
6 1939 108.8402
7 1939 137.1584
8 1939 99.14892
9 1939 114.627
10 1939 80.08259
11 1939 83.60107
12 1939 83.80157
1 1940 112.5786
2 1940 115.8597
3 1940 105.2821
4 1940 69.01859
5 1940 70.94157
6 1940 109.4226
7 1940 119.7842
8 1940 102.1736
9 1940 108.61
10 1940 85.47959
11 1940 73.58175
12 1940 92.78474
1 1941 92.72604
2 1941 102.6369
 3 1941 69.19453
4 1941 61.62072
5 1941 63.52488
6 1941 77.99477
7 1941 78.9215
8 1941 73.48927
9 1941 76.01048
10 1941 74.30364
11 1941 79.58966
12 1941 79.0253
1 1942 96.78596
2 1942 114.7828
3 1942 79.97764
4 1942 83.21261
5 1942 87.35064
6 1942 77.77998
7 1942 117.0118
8 1942 91.8063
9 1942 112.7449
10 1942 60.90222
11 1942 56.77155
12 1942 83.47678
1 1943 63.3212
2 1943 71.75823
3 1943 117.8068
4 1943 56.14101
5 1943 71.59879
6 1943 62.65743
7 1943 91.2131
8 1943 51.72475
9 1943 66.35423
10 1943 69.77798
11 1943 66.86168
12 1943 77.80314
1 1944 63.46959
2 1944 125.1975
3 1944 48.85855
4 1944 83.9622
5 1944 58.9362
6 1944 67.02338
7 1944 79.21526
8 1944 72.49475
9 1944 86.70836
10 1944 93.39967
11 1944 74.7474
12 1944 72.01369
1 1945 94.26656
2 1945 79.6399
3 1945 81.46366
4 1945 70.09004
5 1945 58.4604
6 1945 67.83755
7 1945 93.37701
8 1945 120.2948
9 1945 91.4324
10 1945 129.6939
11 1945 93.16336
12 1945 74.19299
1 1946 98.33978
2 1946 86.44781
3 1946 106.2203
4 1946 77.35445
5 1946 124.2225
6 1946 89.57865
7 1946 155.6514
8 1946 82.04075
9 1946 104.2932
10 1946 81.59362
11 1946 101.2644
12 1946 87.07666
1 1947 120.1117
2 1947 91.3008
3 1947 119.5373
4 1947 126.9224
5 1947 139.9897
6 1947 112.1465
7 1947 100.2046
8 1947 99.74651
9 1947 100.1804
10 1947 61.75519
11 1947 113.1655
12 1947 69.56229
1 1948 118.944
2 1948 73.02931
3 1948 56.91535
4 1948 73.73904
5 1948 62.13019
6 1948 84.07124
7 1948 61.39211
8 1948 66.91087
 9 1948 75.24202
10 1948 62.26317
11 1948 82.14559
12 1948 77.12032
1 1949 106.2937
2 1949 64.96596
3 1949 61.15774
4 1949 64.71299
5 1949 41.14948
6 1949 53.99058
7 1949 84.46807
8 1949 71.27177
9 1949 72.57354
10 1949 72.1862
11 1949 28.62569
12 1949 36.57413
1 1950 75.2091
2 1950 62.98292
3 1950 54.784
4 1950 63.80625
5 1950 57.79675
6 1950 71.67387
7 1950 84.73344
8 1950 58.98096
9 1950 45.74931
10 1950 61.43791
11 1950 67.72789
12 1950 68.59525
1 1951 81.48086
2 1951 75.54521
3 1951 67.40263
4 1951 72.65131
5 1951 87.98557
6 1951 92.37786
7 1951 95.00868
8 1951 58.26457
9 1951 42.88237
10 1951 45.60417
11 1951 42.58692
12 1951 46.07771
1 1952 84.95931
2 1952 66.30778
3 1952 51.40895
4 1952 50.51985
5 1952 55.54808
 6 1952 66.9388
7 1952 63.49077
8 1952 48.66876
9 1952 49.32878
10 1952 72.27527
11 1952 52.30127
12 1952 38.90182
1 1953 62.22425
2 1953 53.11826
3 1953 74.64375
4 1953 67.16928
5 1953 60.93412
6 1953 82.08069
7 1953 72.91769
8 1953 65.02489
9 1953 54.07442
10 1953 52.16499
11 1953 71.11182
12 1953 49.42958
1 1954 117.1716
2 1954 90.09866
3 1954 73.7194
4 1954 42.78543
5 1954 32.91005
6 1954 67.02537
7 1954 82.88338
8 1954 46.52328
9 1954 56.90523
10 1954 67.6297
11 1954 67.5507
12 1954 59.87593
1 1955 57.74869
2 1955 37.97461
3 1955 48.69511
4 1955 51.69883
5 1955 44.79143
6 1955 44.21367
7 1955 48.03607
8 1955 43.14138
9 1955 42.02301
10 1955 35.25032
11 1955 44.0625
12 1955 33.97406
1 1956 68.70992
2 1956 67.64028
 3 1956 63.02694
4 1956 57.31791
5 1956 31.79706
6 1956 31.98493
7 1956 44.73687
8 1956 42.99589
9 1956 34.14042
10 1956 41.89125
11 1956 51.93412
12 1956 46.7144
1 1957 88.09021
2 1957 45.1416
3 1957 44.75938
4 1957 47.86838
5 1957 57.13992
6 1957 30.65201
7 1957 55.20495
8 1957 92.30806
9 1957 39.32522
10 1957 28.53281
11 1957 37.91179
12 1957 57.00421
1 1958 69.14735
2 1958 57.83165
3 1958 41.32255
4 1958 65.80473
5 1958 66.4961
6 1958 58.82169
7 1958 46.14475
8 1958 40.00711
9 1958 36.39095
10 1958 41.65612
11 1958 47.23401
12 1958 60.35115
1 1959 53.29367
2 1959 52.14161
3 1959 42.45699
4 1959 43.16259
5 1959 35.01999
6 1959 40.31609
7 1959 34.58019
8 1959 34.7547
9 1959 40.75195
10 1959 27.85854
11 1959 30.54763
12 1959 33.22791
1 1960 59.89589
2 1960 31.69761
3 1960 36.1968
4 1960 35.33813
5 1960 44.86039
6 1960 45.68388
7 1960 39.70558
8 1960 50.64002
9 1960 39.30224
10 1960 39.66142
11 1960 60.86801
12 1960 32.48512
1 1961 63.77878
2 1961 31.76214
3 1961 37.15956
4 1961 35.93737
5 1961 44.49379
6 1961 57.7066
7 1961 44.77665
8 1961 46.70855
9 1961 38.47464
10 1961 42.92035
11 1961 35.22952
12 1961 33.88795
1 1962 49.70699
2 1962 34.11303
3 1962 39.33827
4 1962 33.72348
5 1962 50.08502
6 1962 73.56706
7 1962 79.37441
8 1962 75.67599
9 1962 46.57826
10 1962 59.35696
11 1962 39.44532
12 1962 42.02137
1 1963 57.52953
2 1963 48.87895
3 1963 49.08849
4 1963 42.16861
5 1963 46.46917
6 1963 63.76617
7 1963 69.25259
8 1963 52.34883
 9 1963 65.74781
10 1963 50.81995
11 1963 65.43437
12 1963 81.7629
1 1964 74.5863
2 1964 40.13221
3 1964 43.24242
4 1964 40.9911
5 1964 35.94402
6 1964 44.02526
7 1964 40.27963
8 1964 66.6778
9 1964 49.51711
10 1964 45.58455
11 1964 48.44999
12 1964 51.15445
1 1965 57.80798
2 1965 46.39101
3 1965 48.89246
4 1965 49.94103
5 1965 39.26228
6 1965 50.00465
7 1965 37.35984
8 1965 42.96091
9 1965 41.43208
10 1965 38.08224
11 1965 36.4614
12 1965 65.66232
1 1966 76.47137
2 1966 54.38729
3 1966 94.21697
4 1966 37.6562
5 1966 71.1989
6 1966 44.1269
7 1966 42.94041
8 1966 57.92242
9 1966 58.55748
10 1966 61.28935
11 1966 49.68317
12 1966 78.66042
1 1967 101.8155
2 1967 62.09627
3 1967 65.67549
4 1967 42.25964
5 1967 60.99346
 6 1967 72.48514
7 1967 41.19611
8 1967 61.41747
9 1967 55.04245
10 1967 76.15123
11 1967 99.47336
12 1967 75.93324
1 1968 110.6001
2 1968 73.74309
3 1968 101.6745
4 1968 88.97628
5 1968 74.9943
6 1968 66.02702
7 1968 86.22341
8 1968 58.49503
9 1968 67.2673
10 1968 62.31439
11 1968 82.57361
12 1968 61.55228
1 1969 91.65719
2 1969 71.5573
3 1969 60.77195
4 1969 57.14407
5 1969 56.20088
6 1969 71.43126
7 1969 78.59808
8 1969 63.70361
9 1969 65.89555
10 1969 69.55206
11 1969 63.93283
12 1969 75.7857
1 1970 72.31313
2 1970 54.9402
3 1970 57.25281
4 1970 67.56701
5 1970 78.67545
6 1970 83.44436
7 1970 61.81841
8 1970 56.91301
9 1970 85.39766
10 1970 63.9801
11 1970 81.42894
12 1970 104.7968
1 1971 85.23956
2 1971 68.29958
 3 1971 72.62383
4 1971 61.38334
5 1971 67.64574
6 1971 85.5404
7 1971 98.14034
8 1971 143.4548
9 1971 83.5221
10 1971 98.38446
11 1971 177.2692
12 1971 93.06808
1 1972 97.7383
2 1972 70.72172
3 1972 74.78824
4 1972 67.28575
5 1972 71.8827
6 1972 70.43062
7 1972 81.89988
8 1972 58.93775
9 1972 78.40559
10 1972 61.95639
11 1972 85.83379
12 1972 68.69621
1 1973 103.2567
2 1973 100.9503
3 1973 111.573
4 1973 101.0726
5 1973 101.0619
6 1973 123.6179
7 1973 112.4741
8 1973 111.6041
9 1973 75.6799
10 1973 93.58798
11 1973 107.1953
12 1973 149.7733
1 1974 140.3297
2 1974 132.5195
3 1974 100.7645
4 1974 99.01644
5 1974 124.2413
6 1974 102.2172
7 1974 141.5105
8 1974 146.3743
9 1974 102.1587
10 1974 107.9889
11 1974 122.5387
12 1974 170.0422
1 1975 150.1122
2 1975 111.9535
3 1975 98.1102
4 1975 131.5851
5 1975 100.2916
6 1975 110.094
7 1975 92.99622
8 1975 103.2556
9 1975 108.7806
10 1975 147.0027
11 1975 160.4952
12 1975 142.197
1 1976 102.7597
2 1976 76.67369
3 1976 108.9818
4 1976 86.08517
5 1976 87.14713
6 1976 99.30247
7 1976 73.43731
8 1976 119.2169
9 1976 81.02236
10 1976 110.2206
11 1976 160.3008
12 1976 107.6153
1 1977 131.8173
2 1977 90.22105
3 1977 95.33525
4 1977 138.2342
5 1977 120.0873
6 1977 114.172
7 1977 110.4612
8 1977 97.88214
9 1977 129.9031
10 1977 150.4341
11 1977 133.4359
12 1977 172.0415
1 1978 158.9579
2 1978 106.4445
3 1978 130.7564
4 1978 120.8498
5 1978 104.4073
6 1978 109.1524
7 1978 146.565
8 1978 90.66277
 9 1978 121.5042
10 1978 100.1246
11 1978 131.3181
12 1978 122.9128
1 1979 136.6081
2 1979 147.5343
3 1979 147.5533
4 1979 132.7021
5 1979 126.2184
6 1979 128.9877
7 1979 192.9727
8 1979 89.09381
9 1979 111.9485
10 1979 166.1552
11 1979 151.9875
12 1979 159.5414
1 1980 158.7592
2 1980 112.7676
3 1980 117.954
4 1980 129.4764
5 1980 122.0711
6 1980 111.7379
7 1980 138.1953
8 1980 119.0219
9 1980 104.4501
10 1980 108.585
11 1980 124.2693
12 1980 105.4486
1 1981 133.6334
2 1981 121.4929
3 1981 106.7723
4 1981 129.7057
5 1981 105.2954
6 1981 147.9372
7 1981 127.8179
8 1981 128.8782
9 1981 155.0318
10 1981 119.4671
11 1981 105.119
12 1981 119.1513
1 1982 162.6942
2 1982 146.1074
3 1982 156.5333
4 1982 130.9053
5 1982 137.4545
 6 1982 156.1851
7 1982 151.1731
8 1982 148.0206
9 1982 136.8852
10 1982 130.9352
11 1982 123.3609
12 1982 163.7319
1 1983 168.5109
2 1983 158.5352
3 1983 138.2763
4 1983 140.7756
5 1983 123.3774
6 1983 140.8102
7 1983 132.9648
8 1983 105.7706
9 1983 101.8728
10 1983 140.8712
11 1983 116.0283
12 1983 115.5348
1 1984 160.4396
2 1984 134.0056
3 1984 119.4608
4 1984 111.4866
5 1984 109.402
6 1984 139.7588
7 1984 109.2889
8 1984 118.695
9 1984 108.4447
10 1984 103.7817
11 1984 142.981
12 1984 160.2582
1 1985 136.6156
2 1985 126.7339
3 1985 135.4701
4 1985 133.6751
5 1985 145.2115
6 1985 167.908
7 1985 156.0825
8 1985 137.6097
9 1985 157.6551
10 1985 126.6157
11 1985 133.6819
12 1985 168.4736
1 1986 164.5008
2 1986 169.9727
 3 1986 149.544
4 1986 123.9607
5 1986 153.3001
6 1986 153.967
7 1986 139.344
8 1986 143.1982
9 1986 143.8148
10 1986 135.9937
11 1986 138.6587
12 1986 123.274
1 1987 136.2745
2 1987 147.4829
3 1987 142.1762
4 1987 133.9622
5 1987 131.9514
6 1987 165.1584
7 1987 124.5628
8 1987 112.6755
9 1987 108.6535
10 1987 214.6803
11 1987 231.0702
12 1987 196.3629
1 1988 169.3517
2 1988 127.5926
3 1988 125.8264
4 1988 140.2726
5 1988 138.1649
6 1988 113.2969
7 1988 124.1144
8 1988 129.9953
9 1988 145.1411
10 1988 114.7971
11 1988 134.0202
12 1988 130.1679
1 1989 122.2458
2 1989 111.1243
3 1989 151.2453
4 1989 118.033
5 1989 132.9288
6 1989 143.7458
7 1989 128.3401
8 1989 125.7361
9 1989 132.4669
10 1989 124.3395
11 1989 153.4801
12 1989 122.3196
1 1990 137.0523
2 1990 168.2535
3 1990 151.4277
4 1990 114.3193
5 1990 139.5106
6 1990 139.683
7 1990 118.0914
8 1990 175.6555
9 1990 196.613
10 1990 186.7509
11 1990 189.709
12 1990 163.32
1 1991 226.9606
2 1991 160.231
3 1991 121.9264
4 1991 121.7426
5 1991 118.2134
6 1991 126.3266
7 1991 122.2901
8 1991 143.1736
9 1991 159.924
10 1991 142.3637
11 1991 157.6484
12 1991 165.062
1 1992 125.8543
2 1992 164.1595
3 1992 129.3271
4 1992 104.4428
5 1992 102.7053
6 1992 149.1284
7 1992 144.6025
8 1992 150.0231
9 1992 151.2436
10 1992 162.7944
11 1992 132.1067
12 1992 102.7131
1 1993 112.9882
2 1993 130.7566
3 1993 138.8271
4 1993 111.1194
5 1993 145.1545
6 1993 156.471
7 1993 137.5779
8 1993 130.2685
 9 1993 137.6062
10 1993 125.9392
11 1993 141.5969
12 1993 112.8002
1 1994 116.9943
2 1994 128.24
3 1994 136.4029
4 1994 135.2539
5 1994 142.0245
6 1994 143.8064
7 1994 135.4775
8 1994 140.871
9 1994 128.1145
10 1994 93.53207
11 1994 137.5718
12 1994 142.7295
1 1995 151.3386
2 1995 147.6874
3 1995 150.1745
4 1995 116.2372
5 1995 127.8441
6 1995 139.9418
7 1995 121.7475
8 1995 102.1931
9 1995 127.3682
10 1995 140.8001
11 1995 157.6942
12 1995 155.7737
1 1996 157.2829
2 1996 126.2052
3 1996 132.4682
4 1996 115.8106
5 1996 100.0034
6 1996 132.7101
7 1996 125.0257
8 1996 122.2565
9 1996 115.0182
10 1996 104.1254
11 1996 125.3516
12 1996 94.4701
1 1997 113.7702
2 1997 128.9829
3 1997 101.7881
4 1997 103.5806
5 1997 119.3438
 6 1997 115.3117
7 1997 109.1683
8 1997 100.358
9 1997 101.7714
10 1997 130.2988
11 1997 121.1999
12 1997 137.7889
1 1998 135.8705
2 1998 136.0645
3 1998 111.1725
4 1998 89.76448
5 1998 122.3489
6 1998 126.4144
7 1998 123.7142
8 1998 152.2872
9 1998 209.9771
10 1998 153.144
11 1998 166.2961
12 1998 134.5569
1 1999 168.3899
2 1999 110.5617
3 1999 91.12501
4 1999 103.5753
5 1999 99.84101
6 1999 111.1718
7 1999 127.6568
8 1999 90.13718
9 1999 114.2874
10 1999 113.2518
11 1999 106.6159
12 1999 97.825
1 2000 111.7614
2 2000 98.40824
3 2000 98.85732
4 2000 88.07928
5 2000 133.6342
6 2000 138.7923
7 2000 119.134
8 2000 87.44968
9 2000 115.8153
10 2000 113.1427
11 2000 203.6546
12 2000 189.1821
1 2001 147.7783
2 2001 143.0431
 3 2001 145.2056
4 2001 151.7047
5 2001 135.6719
6 2001 131.3882
7 2001 140.3725
8 2001 122.8267
9 2001 242.0899
10 2001 244.9549
11 2001 205.6908
12 2001 162.6906
1 2002 150.9623
2 2002 143.5371
3 2002 140.3742
4 2002 137.2341
5 2002 138.4636
6 2002 163.7973
7 2002 169.5542
8 2002 154.8608
9 2002 178.1337
10 2002 156.9068
11 2002 199.4771
12 2002 175.5526
1 2003 212.0488
2 2003 211.9219
3 2003 269.7302
4 2003 201.5005
5 2003 180.5083
6 2003 160.8099
7 2003 130.4324
8 2003 115.4565
9 2003 127.3591
10 2003 115.1574
11 2003 137.918
12 2003 133.9921
1 2004 107.5855
2 2004 139.5157
3 2004 135.1655
4 2004 136.323
5 2004 143.2937
6 2004 173.4221
7 2004 160.6438
8 2004 147.3424
9 2004 158.3887
10 2004 154.9728
11 2004 153.0277
12 2004 126.6031
1 2005 134.2055
2 2005 90.46319
3 2005 109.6471
4 2005 140.0848
5 2005 134.1721
6 2005 145.5231
7 2005 148.5585
8 2005 117.0481
9 2005 165.7359
10 2005 149.2932
11 2005 125.0109
12 2005 139.1024
1 2006 130.7675
2 2006 101.4834
3 2006 118.8867
4 2006 152.8514
5 2006 132.7667
6 2006 148.1741
7 2006 150.7395
8 2006 149.9362
9 2006 107.1428
10 2006 116.1299
11 2006 102.7191
12 2006 109.7744
1 2007 143.315
2 2007 116.1308
3 2007 128.1623
4 2007 133.5264
5 2007 132.6444
6 2007 120.8309
7 2007 90.68962
8 2007 159.7788
9 2007 199.8457
10 2007 152.5416
11 2007 189.4908
12 2007 189.677
1 2008 192.8767
2 2008 158.6659
3 2008 173.1747
4 2008 128.1686
5 2008 127.1456
6 2008 114.8996
7 2008 152.9846
8 2008 126.8388
 9 2008 250.0124
10 2008 235.3173
11 2008 164.5788
12 2008 183.3964
1 2009 174.6172
2 2009 194.8297
3 2009 172.4481
4 2009 146.8106
5 2009 132.9226
6 2009 153.966
7 2009 137.3527
8 2009 147.4549
9 2009 135.5694
10 2009 140.7201
11 2009 162.3629
12 2009 143.6116
1 2010 178.4978
2 2010 181.3118
3 2010 194.6971
4 2010 202.6102
5 2010 227.4429
6 2010 195.0544
7 2010 248.4767
8 2010 190.6963
9 2010 270.8303
10 2010 219.3456
11 2010 215.6947
12 2010 213.2229
1 2011 170.0099
2 2011 151.8776
3 2011 212.4947
4 2011 201.0283
5 2011 168.2171
6 2011 202.0598
7 2011 262.9061
8 2011 309.4787
9 2011 265.013
10 2011 179.4521
11 2011 210.1556
12 2011 238.7794
1 2012 201.8047
2 2012 177.0354
3 2012 165.6527
4 2012 141.0011
5 2012 204.6438
 6 2012 268.5199
7 2012 218.9602
8 2012 217.408
9 2012 220.5662
10 2012 198.6299
11 2012 299.9097
12 2012 267.0761
1 2013 282.735
2 2013 181.1288
3 2013 202.5846
4 2013 152.5484
5 2013 141.5562
6 2013 170.5959
7 2013 155.9805
8 2013 131.9077
9 2013 224.3215
10 2013 273.6214
11 2013 154.5974
12 2013 185.9085
1 2014 156.6593
2 2014 178.484
Source: “Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty” by Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis at www.PolicyUncertai
n J. Davis at www.PolicyUncertainty.com. These data can be used freely with attribution to the authors, the paper, and the website.
e paper, and the website.