Economic Policy Uncertainty and VIX on the Eve of (Trade) Destruction

Through 1/31/2025, in anticipation of tariffs that might or might not be announced today.

Figure 1: EPU (blue, left scale), 7 day centered moving average (red, left axis), and VIX close (green, right scale). Source: policyuncertainty.com and CBOE via FRED, and author’s calculations.

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