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U.S. Tops World in Economic Uncertainty

Economic uncertainty is unusually high. The pandemic, the recession and the upcoming election make us feel uneasy. That feeling is actually quantifiable as indices show global uncertainty is at its highest point since the 2008-09 financial crisis. However, unlike that crisis, today’s uncertainty is higher for the United States than for Europe or China—the world’s…