The Return of Economic Policy Uncertainty

Not that it ever disappeared completely. But expect the EPU to rise as the tariffs start flying, and the deportations begin.

Figure 1: Economic Policy Uncertainty (news based) (blue), and centered 7 day moving average (bold red). Trump administration shaded orange; election at dashed orange line. Source: policyuncertainty.com, author’s calculations.

 

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