Observations

Dec 2025: 515.54960

Updated: Jan 8, 2026 8:02 AM CST

Units:

Index,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Trade Policy Uncertainty Index: Mainland Papers for China	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Source

Baker, Scott R.	2019-10-09	2026-01-08
Bloom, Nick	2019-10-09	2026-01-08
Davis, Steven J.	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Release

Economic Policy Uncertainty	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Units

Index	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Frequency

Monthly	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Notes

The Chinese Mainland TPU (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/china_monthly.html) newspaper-based indices of policy uncertainty in China is based on the working paper "Economic Policy Uncertainty in China Since 1949: The View from Mainland Newspapers." by Steven J. Davis, Dingqian Liu and Xuguang S. Sheng. The index quantifies uncertainty-related concepts from October 1949 onwards using two mainland Chinese newspapers: the Renmin Daily and the Guangming Daily.	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Release Tables

Economic Policy Uncertainty