Observations

Dec 2025: 5.54583

Updated: Jan 8, 2026 8:02 AM CST

Units:

Index,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Equity Market Volatility Tracker: National Security Policy	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 Equity Market Volatility tracker moves with the VIX and with the realized volatility of returns on the S&P 500. For more information, see Baker, Scott, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis (2019), 'Policy News and Stack Market Volatility' (https://www.policyuncertainty.com/media/Policy%20News%20and%20Stock%20Market%20Volatility.pdf)	2019-10-09	2026-01-08

Release Tables

Economic Policy Uncertainty