Quarterly
Index (no units)
1956 - 2025
Jan 1, 1956 to Oct 1, 2025
FRED
4 months ago
StaleJan 16, 2026
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' (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/WUI_mimeo_10_29.pdf) for additional explanation.
As of October 1, 2025 • Quarterly data • Source: FRED
This dataset contains 280 quarterly observations, over 69 years, 9 months, updated quarterly from FRED. View Methodology
Data Points
280
Coverage
69 years, 9 months
Updates
quarterly