EPU LATAM & SPAIN BY LOCAL/FOREIGN SOURCES

We develop EPU indexes for the main Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) and Spain, using both local and foreign newspapers. More details about our methodology can be found in Andres-Escayola et al. (2022).

For each of the countries we construct three types of EPU index:

  • an index based on local newspapers;

  • an index based on foreign newspapers (Anglophone sources for Spain; both Anglophone and Spanish sources for Latin American countries);

  • an index based on all the aforementioned press.

All indexes are regularly updated and can be downloaded from this webpage.

LOCAL PRESS

We use the following local sources:

  • Argentina: Clarín, La Nación, Infobae;

  • Brazil: O Globo, Folha de Sao Paulo, O Estado de Sao Paulo, Correio Braziliense, Estado de Minas, Agencia Brasil;

  • Chile: El Mercurio, La Tercera, El Diario Financiero, Pulso;

  • Colombia: El Espectador, El Nuevo Siglo, Portafolio;

  • Mexico: Reforma, El Universal, La Jornada, El Financiero, El Economista, Agencia Mexicana de noticias;

  • Peru: El Comercio, La Republica, Gestión, Agencia Peruana de noticias Andina;

  • Spain: El País, El Mundo, Expansión, ABC, Cinco Días, El Economista, La Vanguardia;

The EPU based on local press for Spain is available from 1997m1 to present, while the EPUs based on local press for all other countries are available as from 2002m11 to the present.

FOREIGN PRESS

For Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru we select the following types of foreign press:

  • Anglophone press: Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Telegraph U.K., The Times U.K., Chicago Tribune, The Guardian U.K., The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Economist;

  • Spanish press: El País, El Mundo, Expansión, ABC, Cinco Días, El Economista, La Vanguardia.

For Spain we consider just the Anglophone press. All EPUs based on foreign press are available as from 1997m1 to the present.

ALL PRESS

The EPU index based on all press are constructed by pooling together all available sources. For Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru we pool together the local, Spanish and Anglophone press. For Spain we pool together the local and Anglophone press. All EPUs based on all press are available as from 1997m1 to the present.