Korea_Categorical_PU_Indices.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	H	I
1	Date	Monetary Policy Uncertainty	Fiscal Policy Uncertainty	Trade Policy Uncertainty	Foreign Exchange Policy Uncertainty

2	Jan-90	72.05	144.95	84.79	149.08
3	Feb-90	83.10	126.65	36.95	115.90	Note: We use the monthly count of articles from 13 Korean newspapers to construct these indices.
4	Mar-90	81.30	149.16	51.34	188.73	These data can be used freely with attribution to the authors, the paper, and the website.
5	Apr-90	152.15	137.45	51.02	194.08	Source: "Macroeconomic Effects of Uncertainty Shocks: Evidence from Korea" by Dooyeon Cho and Husang Kim (2023).
6	May-90	82.71	94.40	80.40	49.10		Journal of Asian Economics 84, 101571
7	Jun-90	99.01	126.48	89.49	97.42
8	Jul-90	57.47	105.91	107.05	37.60
9	Aug-90	81.09	122.65	151.51	45.73
10	Sep-90	40.37	111.62	198.50	71.67
11	Oct-90	70.01	106.04	160.98	46.93
12	Nov-90	99.74	131.04	277.62	46.45
13	Dec-90	98.06	109.92	278.36	33.37
14	Jan-91	86.74	110.15	329.59	55.17
15	Feb-91	58.25	64.81	61.72	9.72
16	Mar-91	59.77	59.65	128.59	46.89
17	Apr-91	61.25	56.20	104.13	24.55
18	May-91	113.89	63.40	82.81	48.98
19	Jun-91	116.69	73.10	71.61	35.06
20	Jul-91	38.85	80.43	195.85	23.02
21	Aug-91	107.03	92.90	61.47	95.79
22	Sep-91	159.47	190.70	95.50	80.15
23	Oct-91	93.77	118.15	145.12	33.14
24	Nov-91	76.70	120.93	240.99	64.01
25	Dec-91	107.56	109.32	151.39	99.02
26	Jan-92	65.16	68.18	152.47	50.49
27	Feb-92	67.12	75.11	71.92	46.62
28	Mar-92	96.41	93.94	85.81	22.18
29	Apr-92	75.33	91.69	79.63	23.26
30	May-92	68.59	59.60	62.06	50.72
31	Jun-92	88.19	96.55	96.07	82.05
32	Jul-92	51.92	75.71	105.72	42.26
33	Aug-92	83.46	98.03	206.97	33.04
34	Sep-92	126.42	125.22	95.96	162.40
35	Oct-92	87.43	106.49	145.80	47.55
36	Nov-92	112.72	151.66	334.14	76.39
37	Dec-92	130.23	110.99	154.08	41.58
38	Jan-93	155.76	152.06	236.00	35.03
39	Feb-93	54.48	115.52	239.29	62.67
40	Mar-93	110.82	120.29	83.88	37.44
41	Apr-93	48.73	73.32	64.65	47.73
42	May-93	64.51	73.22	61.57	23.43
43	Jun-93	75.56	85.86	94.89	38.61
44	Jul-93	68.92	98.54	134.98	28.22
45	Aug-93	198.12	220.23	96.09	91.42
46	Sep-93	92.70	143.89	73.50	14.94
47	Oct-93	144.56	133.24	97.61	21.51
48	Nov-93	75.50	95.04	338.36	50.38
49	Dec-93	56.32	67.66	553.03	51.86
50	Jan-94	56.87	96.79	306.73	103.54
51	Feb-94	92.64	79.95	256.61	69.51
52	Mar-94	64.35	56.85	171.51	49.70
53	Apr-94	46.64	43.01	171.82	23.40
54	May-94	66.96	53.40	108.99	56.27
55	Jun-94	51.41	43.28	92.24	48.70
56	Jul-94	60.22	64.23	103.67	82.49
57	Aug-94	120.23	80.22	80.75	53.53
58	Sep-94	68.43	64.95	96.22	54.42
59	Oct-94	61.37	71.34	161.91	92.25
60	Nov-94	63.93	60.46	183.89	45.09
61	Dec-94	120.21	78.95	270.34	141.53
62	Jan-95	152.50	103.88	258.33	174.34
63	Feb-95	126.56	57.82	182.71	79.37
64	Mar-95	122.41	76.02	95.79	168.62
65	Apr-95	92.21	48.51	141.98	117.89
66	May-95	68.98	41.24	119.73	40.68
67	Jun-95	61.29	53.53	98.87	42.51
68	Jul-95	41.49	43.11	75.46	40.45
69	Aug-95	70.56	64.33	67.59	94.77
70	Sep-95	58.73	82.53	78.03	58.91
71	Oct-95	41.52	47.98	96.60	44.45
72	Nov-95	66.61	44.69	83.46	37.79
73	Dec-95	53.05	57.34	83.58	40.12
74	Jan-96	70.71	80.11	144.88	59.90
75	Feb-96	31.21	49.97	100.23	29.29
76	Mar-96	55.57	56.64	79.27	64.56
77	Apr-96	62.87	46.68	55.38	51.89
78	May-96	64.96	52.21	91.26	105.23
79	Jun-96	63.98	49.73	75.62	97.86
80	Jul-96	64.73	65.45	95.38	99.59
81	Aug-96	75.44	92.56	89.00	108.62
82	Sep-96	63.93	94.52	91.10	64.86
83	Oct-96	51.68	71.66	85.80	96.78
84	Nov-96	70.74	68.38	124.28	83.43
85	Dec-96	67.25	61.32	89.85	107.95
86	Jan-97	83.00	89.62	110.35	155.13
87	Feb-97	80.29	73.37	89.79	129.18
88	Mar-97	94.48	87.08	66.38	148.49
89	Apr-97	61.43	72.06	44.98	121.44
90	May-97	67.51	52.02	51.60	53.91
91	Jun-97	86.20	72.79	87.77	81.83
92	Jul-97	77.32	55.20	95.13	90.28
93	Aug-97	131.94	60.73	84.78	175.94
94	Sep-97	83.08	68.96	88.21	182.96
95	Oct-97	147.84	65.03	115.50	304.60
96	Nov-97	266.63	128.09	109.51	516.52
97	Dec-97	226.23	222.90	135.48	594.90
98	Jan-98	121.05	176.11	87.06	332.83
99	Feb-98	107.40	117.57	54.07	253.24
100	Mar-98	97.57	104.89	48.79	198.83