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Date
News-based EPU Index
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Jan-90149.44
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Feb-90146.97
Note: We use the monthly count of articles from 13 Korean newspapers to construct the index.
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Mar-90151.27
The data can be used freely with attribution to the authors, the paper, and the website.
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Apr-90158.24
Source: "Macroeconomic Effects of Uncertainty Shocks: Evidence from Korea" by Dooyeon Cho and Husang Kim (2023).
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May-90152.03
Journal of Asian Economics 84, 101571
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Jun-90122.38
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Jul-90106.98
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Aug-90128.76
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Sep-90110.66
11
Oct-90106.46
12
Nov-90117.45
13
Dec-90127.35
14
Jan-91140.87
15
Feb-9192.40
16
Mar-91109.56
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Apr-9183.05
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May-91108.55
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Jun-9193.24
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Jul-91101.14
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Aug-91125.99
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Sep-91131.29
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Oct-91112.59
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Nov-91130.14
25
Dec-91131.29
26
Jan-92105.88
27
Feb-92103.16
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Mar-92129.11
29
Apr-92106.88
30
May-9279.68
31
Jun-92119.13
32
Jul-9293.14
33
Aug-92118.08
34
Sep-92112.04
35
Oct-92103.64
36
Nov-92129.02
37
Dec-92138.98
38
Jan-93123.08
39
Feb-93107.04
40
Mar-93109.71
41
Apr-9384.71
42
May-9382.88
43
Jun-93102.51
44
Jul-93100.30
45
Aug-93157.82
46
Sep-93113.46
47
Oct-93113.37
48
Nov-93109.54
49
Dec-93107.98
50
Jan-94106.33
51
Feb-94104.73
52
Mar-9477.68
53
Apr-9464.11
54
May-9473.63
55
Jun-9482.47
56
Jul-9490.73
57
Aug-9481.92
58
Sep-9471.03
59
Oct-9479.27
60
Nov-9473.32
61
Dec-9492.32
62
Jan-95102.71
63
Feb-9578.64
64
Mar-9581.91
65
Apr-9569.04
66
May-9570.95
67
Jun-9568.64
68
Jul-9558.93
69
Aug-9569.94
70
Sep-9560.12
71
Oct-9561.10
72
Nov-9576.23
73
Dec-9577.07
74
Jan-9693.78
75
Feb-9673.14
76
Mar-9676.05
77
Apr-9682.18
78
May-9675.20
79
Jun-9685.12
80
Jul-9691.43
81
Aug-9685.05
82
Sep-9686.98
83
Oct-9679.91
84
Nov-9681.89
85
Dec-9699.92
86
Jan-97131.29
87
Feb-97103.14
88
Mar-97106.46
89
Apr-9788.65
90
May-9772.12
91
Jun-9778.96
92
Jul-9784.20
93
Aug-9787.77
94
Sep-9790.19
95
Oct-97129.92
96
Nov-97163.93
97
Dec-97216.85
98
Jan-98162.37
99
Feb-98124.41
100
Mar-98109.59