The Double Blow of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Oil Price Shock on Economic Policy Uncertainty in the US, UK, and Brazil

The study aimed to examine the impact of covid-19 and oil prices on economic policy uncertainty in the us, uk, and brazil for the period march 16, 2020, to april 16, 2020, by using the panel-ardl approach. the results show that economic policy uncertainty is positively correlated with covid-19, this indicates that an increase in covid-19 can enhance economic policy uncertainty, meaning that an increase in the new cases raises the uncertainty of economic policy in the us and uk in the short-run and long-run. the results also show that the economic policy uncertainty is negatively correlated with the oil prices.