Trade Policy Uncertainty at its highest since 1985

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Note: indices are calculated based on three factors: newspaper coverage, the Fed’s Survey of Professional forecasters, and the number of federal tax code provisions set to expire.

Source: CNYCA analysis of Economic Policy Uncertainty data. “Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty” by Scott Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis at www.PolicyUncertainty.com.