Graph and download economic data for Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Current Price Adjusted GDP (GEPUCURRENT) from Jan 1997 to Apr 2025 about uncertainty, adjusted, GDP, indexes, and price.

Graph and download economic data for Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: PPP-Adjusted GDP (GEPUPPP) from Jan 1997 to Apr 2025 about uncertainty, GDP, and indexes.

The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty (GEPU) index was at its highest in May 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought global economic uncertainty. The index was also **** after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Moreover, the index rose sharply in November 2024 after Donald Trump was re-elected as President of the United States. Trump promised to impose trade tariffs against a range of countries, and did so against Canada, Mexico, and China in February 2024. The GEPU index is constructed by measuring how often the leading newspapers mention economic policy uncertainty in their articles.

Graph and download economic data for Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for United States (USEPUINDXD) from 1985-01-01 to 2025-06-29 about uncertainty, academic data, indexes, and USA.

Key information about United States Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: United States

• United States Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index was reported at 313.268 Index in Feb 2025.
• This records an increase from the previous number of 236.696 Index for Jan 2025.
• US Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index data is updated monthly, averaging 93.847 Index from Jan 1985 to Feb 2025, with 482 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 503.012 Index in Apr 2020 and a record low of 37.266 Index in Jul 2007.
• US Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Policy Uncertainty.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Economic Policy Uncertainty Index – Table: Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: By Country.

Key information about China Trade Policy Uncertainty Index

• China Trade Policy Uncertainty Index was reported at 343.008 Index in Feb 2025.
• This records an increase from the previous number of 281.900 Index for Jan 2025.
• China Trade Policy Uncertainty Index data is updated monthly, averaging 90.815 Index from Jan 2000 to Feb 2025, with 302 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,425.160 Index in Jun 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Index in Jul 2011.
• China Trade Policy Uncertainty Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Policy Uncertainty.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Economic Policy Uncertainty Index – Table: Trade Policy Uncertainty Index: By Country.

Graph and download economic data for Economic Policy Uncertainty Index for Europe (EUEPUINDXM) from Jan 1987 to Jun 2025 about Spain, uncertainty, academic data, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Europe, and indexes.

Key information about Australia Economic Policy Uncertainty Index

• Australia Economic Policy Uncertainty Index was reported at 134.660 Index in Jan 2025.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 221.221 Index for Dec 2024.
• Australia Economic Policy Uncertainty Index data is updated monthly, averaging 96.435 Index from Jan 1997 to Jan 2025, with 337 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 337.044 Index in Aug 2011 and a record low of 25.662 Index in Jan 2007.
• Australia Economic Policy Uncertainty Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Policy Uncertainty.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Economic Policy Uncertainty Index – Table: Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: By Country.

Key information about Japan Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index

• Japan Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index was reported at 96.884 Index in Feb 2025.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 110.113 Index for Jan 2025.
• Japan Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index data is updated monthly, averaging 95.049 Index from Jan 1987 to Feb 2025, with 458 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 365.093 Index in Aug 2011 and a record low of 14.718 Index in Oct 1988.
• Japan Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Policy Uncertainty.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Economic Policy Uncertainty Index – Table: Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: By Country.

In November 2023, the global economic policy uncertainty index amounted to 246.6. This is an increase from the previous month. Through most of 2022, the uncertainty index was relatively high, influenced by the Russian invasion of the Ukraine and high inflation rates. However, it was still lower than in the first months after the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, and was lower through most of 2023 than the previous year.

The index is based on the frequency of words in domestic newspapers concerning geopolitical tensions, tax codes set to expire, and the prevalence of disagreement between economic forecasters.

Key information about Greece Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index

• Greece Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index was reported at 224.245 Index in Dec 2024.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 468.713 Index for Nov 2024.
• Greece Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index data is updated monthly, averaging 94.361 Index from Jan 1998 to Dec 2024, with 324 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 468.713 Index in Nov 2024 and a record low of 11.776 Index in Aug 2020.
• Greece Monetary Policy Uncertainty Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Economic Policy Uncertainty.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Economic Policy Uncertainty Index – Table: Categorical Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: By Country.

Global climate policy uncertainty was assessed using approximately 11.27 million news articles from 2000 to 2023 in twelve countries of the G20 spanning six continents: Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and India), Africa (South Africa), North America (the US and Canada), South America (Brazil), Europe (the UK, France, and Germany), and Australasia (Australia). The data is categorized into global and national indices with different frequencies including daily, weekly, and monthly intervals.Citation:Ma, D., Zhang, D., Guo, K., & Ji, Q. (2024). Coupling between global climate policy uncertainty and economic policy uncertainty. Finance Research Letters, 69, 106180.Ji, Q., Ma, D., Zhai, P., Fan, Y., & Zhang, D. (2024). Global climate policy uncertainty and financial markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 102047.

The file "fuels.txt" includes daily data for Brent futures (BrentF) and spot (BrentS) prices obtained from nasdaq.com database and three NASDAQ indices: 1) NASDAQ OMX Bio/Clean Fuels Index (GRNBIO). Source: {https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/Index/Overview/GRNBIO} 2) NASDAQ OMX Fuel Cell Index (GRNFUEL). Source:{https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/Index/Overview/GRNFUEL} 3) NASDAQ OMX Transportation Index (GRNTRN). Source: {https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/Index/Overview/GRNTRN} The file "fundamentals.txt" includes monthly data for the following variables: 1) WIP: world industrial production index collected from:{https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0} 2) COMM: real commodity price factor - obtained from {https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0}; 3) GECON: global economic condition indicator (standardised) - obtained from {https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0}; 4) S.SH: oil supply shock - obtained from {https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0}; 5) OCDSH: oil consumption demand - obtained from {https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0}; 6) OIDSH: oil inventory demand- obtained from {https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0}; 7) EASH: oil demand shocks driven by global economic activity - obtained from {https://sites.google.com/site/cjsbaumeister/datasets?authuser=0}; 8) GEPU: global economic policy uncertainty index - , a normalised index of the volume of news articles discussing economic policy uncertainty; due to the nonstationarity of the data, obtained from: {https://www.policyuncertainty.com/global_monthly.html} 9) EXPT: Brent spot prices expectations formulated by the U.S. Energy Information Association; 10) SPX - end-of-month data of S&P500 11) SPECUL1: Net position of Money Managers (long-short) for Brent contract - based on the ICE Futures Europe Commitments of Traders Reports ({www.ice.com/marketdata/reports/122}); 12) SPECUL2: Speculation measure analogous to Working's (1960) index, which measures the speculative activity of non-commercial traders in the crude oil market.

South African monthly The FTSE/JSE All Share Index data was procured from Bloomberg and the nominal effective exchange rate (NEER) from South African Reserve Bank (SARB) database, where the data has been seasonally adjusted specifying 2015 as the base year. Volatility measures in these markets are generated through a multivaraite EGARCH model in the WinRATS software. South African monthly consumer price index (CPI) data was procured from the International Monetary Fund’s International Financial Statistics (IFS) database, where the data has been seasonally adjusted, specifying 2010 as the base year. The inflation rate is constructed by taking the year-on-year changes in the monthly CPI figures. Inflation uncertainty was generated through the GARCH model in Eviews software. The following South African macroeconomic variables were procured from the SARB: real industrial production (IP), which is used as a proxy for real GDP, real investment (I), real consumption (C), inflation (CPI), broad money (M3), the 3-month treasury bill rate (TB3) and the policy rate (R), a measure of U.S. EPU developed by Baker et al. (2016) to account for global developments available at http://www.policyuncertainty.com/us_monthly.html.