WorldPulse

United States Policy Uncertainty

us-epu-indexEconomy

Subject

United States

Metric

Policy Uncertainty

Data Points

15116

Coverage

1985–2026

Latest Value

221.01

as of May 21, 2026

Time Series (15116 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
May 21, 2026221.01-
May 20, 2026402.84-
May 19, 2026406.68-
May 18, 2026329.49-
May 17, 2026472.62-
May 16, 2026389.05-
May 15, 2026378.35-
May 14, 2026219.89-
May 13, 2026236.83-
May 12, 2026298.73-
May 11, 2026312.5-
May 10, 2026521.46-
May 9, 2026686.27-
May 8, 2026267.26-
May 7, 2026320.19-

Showing most recent 15 of 15116 observations

Data Source

Baker, Bloom, and Davis

Retrieved via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-epu-index

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-epu-index?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-epu-index?as_of=2024-01-01