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Markets - Brazil - BCB - Commodity Price Index

Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) is the Central Bank of Brazil. It is responsible for implementing the country's monetary policy and maintaining price stability, as well as overseeing the stability and efficiency of the financial system. BCB carries out its functions through various monetary policy tools, such as setting interest rates, managing the money supply, and intervening in the foreign exchange market.

Banco Central do Brasil (BCB)

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Luciano Cohan

This dataset includes monthly indices of Economic Policy Uncertainty for 22 countries plus two GDP-weighted indices of Global Economic Policy Uncertainty. The data series cover the period from January 1997 to the present for all countries, and they go back to earlier years for certain countries.
Sources for each country can be found above:
- Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Russia, United Kingdom, United States: Baker, Bloom and Davis (2016).
- Chile: Cerda, Silva and Valente (2016).
- China: Baker, Bloom, Davis and Wang (2013).
- Colombia: Gil and Silva (2018)
- Global: Davis (2016).
- Greece: Hardouvelis, Karalas, Karanastasis and Samartzis (2018).
- Ireland: Zalla (2016).
- Japan: Arbatli, Davis, Ito and Miake (2019).
- The Netherlands: Kroese, Kok and Parlevliet (2015)
- Singapore: Davis (2016).
- Spain: Ghirelli, Perez, and Urtasun (2019).
- Sweden: Armelius, Hull, and Köhler (2017).

Activity - Global - EPU - Economic Policy Uncertainty Index

Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (EPU)

This dataset includes The World Uncertainty Index. It is a measure that tracks uncertainty across the globe by text mining the country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit. The index is available for 143 countries.

The Methodology is available a[www.worlduncertaintyindex.com](www.worlduncertaintyindex.com)

Activity - Global - World Uncertainty Index - World Uncertainty Index by Country

The World Uncertainty Index (WUI) is a global index developed by the World Bank that measures economic, political, and social uncertainty in countries around the world. It is composed of different indicators such as economic policy uncertainty, political instability, and economic volatility. The WUI is used to assess the level of uncertainty in a given country, enabling the identification of areas of economic risk and vulnerability.

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Markets - Brazil - BCB - Commodity Price Index
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Activity - Global - EPU - Economic Policy Uncertainty Index
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Activity - Global - World Uncertainty Index - World Uncertainty Index by Country
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