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Many commentators claim that policy uncertainty is holding back the recovery. In Europe and the US there is a sense that recent policy has been more volatile and unpredictable. But is that true? Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom and Steven J. Davis have developed a measure of economic policy uncertainty, finding historic highs in recent years but that it is beginning to recede towards more normal levels.