Tuesday 4 December 2018

Global uncertainty is rising, and that is a bad omen for growth

a column by Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri for VOX: CEPR’s Policy Portal

The global economy is growing, but so is uncertainty.

This column presents a new quarterly index of uncertainty for 143 countries. The World Uncertainty Index reveals how uncertainty in the world has evolved over time, whether it is synchronised across countries, and how it compares across income groups and political regimes.

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