Note: The Philadelphia Fed will no longer release the Partisan Conflict Index.

The Philadelphia Fed sunsetted the Partisan Conflict Index (PCI) data series as of July 2025. PCI data and resources are posted on this page for archival purposes. The PCI data series is now being produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and is available on the Richmond Fed website.

Partisan Conflict Index

Tracks the degree of political disagreement among U.S. politicians at the federal level.

09 Jul ’25

PCI Data

Excel spreadsheet

Resources

The Partisan Conflict Index is an outgrowth of research detailed in Azzimonti, Marina (2014), “Partisan Conflict,” Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Working Paper 14-19.

Additional analysis is available in Azzimonti, Marina (2018), “Partisan Conflict and Private Investment,” Journal of Monetary Economics 93, pp. 114–131.

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