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How the system reads right now

A public view of the framework behind RiskCurrent — the Global Stress Index scale, the nine weighted groups, and every one of the 97 monitored metrics. The current Global Stress Index value lives in the app.

Global Stress Index · v1.5

One 0–100 score, four stages

The Global Stress Index rolls the nine weighted groups into a single number on a 0–100 scale. Here is the scale and its stage bands.

Low
033
Medium
3459
High
6079
Critical
80100

The website shows the scale, not a live score. The current Global Stress Index is computed in the app so a single authoritative reading exists — the website never recomputes it.

How staging works →

Weighted groups

Nine groups, weighted into the score

Each group contributes to the Global Stress Index by a fixed weight. Percentages below are those weights.

Global Macro & Supply Chain

11 scored · 34 metrics

15%

US Sovereign Debt & Liquidity

11 scored · 18 metrics

17%

International Sovereign

6 scored · 8 metrics

10%

Energy Security

7 scored · 11 metrics

13%

Metals & Relative Value

3 scored · 3 metrics

9%

Equities & Volatility

2 scored · 3 metrics

13%

Credit & Banking

8 scored · 14 metrics

13%

Food & Agriculture

4 scored · 4 metrics

5%

Geopolitical & Trade Policy

2 scored · 2 metrics

5%

Bars are relative to the largest group weight.

Primary drivers

What's pushing the score

The app surfaces the metrics contributing most to current stress — its Primary Drivers — computed from live readings on your device. Because those rankings are computed in the app, they live there rather than being recomputed on the web.

You can explore every metric that can become a driver below, including its group, source, and live value.

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Metric explorer

All 97 monitored metrics

54 scored and 43 informational. Search and filter the full set; load any metric's current provider reading on demand.

97 of 97 metrics

  • Global Industrial Production Growth

    Scored

    Year-over-year change in CPB’s seasonally adjusted global industrial-production volume index.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainCPBmonthly

  • US Consumer Price Inflation

    Scored

    Year-over-year change in US consumer prices.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Unemployment Rate

    Scored

    Share of the US labor force without work.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US 10Y–2Y Treasury Spread

    Scored

    Difference between ten- and two-year Treasury yields.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDdaily

  • Global Supply Chain Pressure Index

    Scored

    Standardized measure of transport and manufacturing pressure.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • World Trade Volume Growth

    Scored

    Year-over-year change in CPB’s seasonally adjusted global merchandise-trade volume index.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainCPBmonthly

  • US 10-Year Treasury Yield

    Scored

    Benchmark long-term US government borrowing rate.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • US 30-Year Treasury Yield

    Scored

    Long-duration US sovereign yield.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • U.S. Treasury Volatility Proxy

    Scored

    RiskCurrent proxy: pooled 20-common-session root-mean-square of daily yield changes across 2Y, 5Y, 10Y, and 30Y Treasuries. It is not the licensed ICE MOVE Index.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • Secured Overnight Financing Rate

    Informational

    Overnight rate backed by Treasury repo transactions.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • SOFR–IORB Funding Spread

    Scored

    SOFR minus interest on reserve balances, expressed in basis points.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • Treasury Financing Fails to Deliver

    Scored

    Four-week moving average of Primary Dealer Treasury financing fails to deliver, excluding TIPS plus TIPS, in billions.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityNYFEDweekly

  • Federal Reserve Asset Expansion (13W)

    Scored

    Percentage change in Federal Reserve total assets over 13 weekly observations.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDweekly

  • Fed Discount Window Borrowing

    Scored

    Primary credit borrowed directly from the Federal Reserve.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDweekly

  • US Bank Reserve Balances

    Scored

    Weekly-average reserve balances maintained at Federal Reserve banks.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDweekly

  • Fed Overnight Reverse Repo

    Informational

    Cash invested at the Fed overnight by eligible counterparties.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • Tri-Party Repo–IORB Spread

    Scored

    Tri-party general-collateral repo rate minus IORB, expressed in basis points.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • Italy–Germany 10Y Spread

    Scored

    Italian ten-year sovereign yield minus the aligned German ten-year yield.

    International SovereignFREDmonthly

  • Japan 10-Year Government Bond Yield

    Scored

    Monthly benchmark Japanese government bond yield.

    International SovereignFREDmonthly

  • United Kingdom 10-Year Gilt Yield

    Scored

    Monthly benchmark UK government borrowing cost.

    International SovereignFREDmonthly

  • Broad U.S. Dollar Index

    Scored

    Official nominal broad trade-weighted foreign-exchange value of the U.S. dollar; it is not the ICE DXY index.

    International SovereignFREDdaily

  • Emerging Market FX Volatility

    Scored

    Annualized 20-observation volatility of log changes in the Fed’s emerging-market dollar index.

    International SovereignFREDdaily

  • Brent Crude Oil

    Scored

    Daily Europe Brent spot price in U.S. dollars per barrel; it is not a futures contract.

    Energy SecurityFREDdaily

  • Brent Crude Oil Downside Signal

    Informational

    Binary signal derived from FRED DCOILBRENTEU. Returns 1 when Brent has fallen at least 30 % from its rolling 52-week high AND the current Brent spot price is at or below the 10th percentile of all Brent price observations in the trailing 5 calendar years; otherwise 0. Returns no reading before the 5-calendar-year window is complete (historical first valid date: 1992-05-20). Daily cadence, typically one business-day lag. Informational only — excluded from the Global Stress Index.

    Energy SecurityFREDdaily

  • WTI Crude Oil Spot Price

    Scored

    Daily West Texas Intermediate spot price at Cushing, Oklahoma; it is not a futures contract.

    Energy SecurityFREDdaily

  • US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    Scored

    Emergency crude held by the United States.

    Energy SecurityEIAweekly

  • US Commercial Crude Inventories

    Scored

    Commercial crude stored excluding the SPR.

    Energy SecurityEIAweekly

  • European Gas Storage

    Informational

    Aggregate EU underground natural-gas storage fill.

    Energy SecurityGIEdaily

  • Germany Gas Storage

    Informational

    German underground gas storage fill.

    Energy SecurityGIEdaily

  • Italy Gas Storage

    Informational

    Italian underground gas storage fill.

    Energy SecurityGIEdaily

  • European Natural Gas Price

    Scored

    World Bank European natural-gas price series, linked to Dutch TTF since April 2015.

    Energy SecurityWORLD_BANKmonthly

  • Japan LNG Import Price

    Scored

    World Bank monthly LNG import price for Japan, cost-insurance-freight basis.

    Energy SecurityWORLD_BANKmonthly

  • Global Uranium Price

    Scored

    World uranium price distributed through FRED.

    Energy SecurityFREDmonthly

  • Gold–Silver Ratio

    Scored

    World Bank monthly gold price divided by its same-month silver price.

    Metals & Relative ValueWORLD_BANKmonthly

  • Global Copper Price

    Scored

    World copper price per metric ton distributed through FRED.

    Metals & Relative ValueFREDmonthly

  • Copper–Gold Ratio

    Scored

    World Bank monthly copper price in US dollars per pound divided by its same-month gold price in US dollars per troy ounce.

    Metals & Relative ValueWORLD_BANKmonthly

  • S&P 500 Drawdown

    Scored

    Decline from the rolling 52-week high in the official FRED S&P 500 series.

    Equities & VolatilityFREDdaily

  • VIX 3-Month Term Spread

    Scored

    VIX divided by the CBOE 3-Month Volatility Index, minus one, expressed as a percentage.

    Equities & VolatilityFREDdaily

  • SOFR–T-Bill Funding Spread

    Scored

    SOFR minus the 3-month Treasury bill secondary-market rate, expressed in basis points.

    Credit & BankingFREDdaily

  • St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index

    Scored

    Standardized composite of US market stress.

    Credit & BankingFREDweekly

  • US Consumer Loan Delinquency Rate

    Scored

    Share of consumer loans past due at commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • FAO Global Food Price Index

    Scored

    International price index for a basket of food commodities.

    Food & AgricultureFAOmonthly

  • Global Wheat Price

    Scored

    World wheat price per metric ton distributed through FRED.

    Food & AgricultureFREDmonthly

  • Global Corn Price

    Scored

    World maize price per metric ton distributed through FRED.

    Food & AgricultureFREDmonthly

  • Global Fertilizer Price Index

    Scored

    Composite global fertilizer cost.

    Food & AgricultureWORLD_BANKmonthly

  • Trade Policy Uncertainty Index

    Scored

    Caldara et al. news-based trade-policy uncertainty index published by Federal Reserve Board researchers.

    Geopolitical & Trade PolicyFED_BOARDmonthly

  • Geopolitical Risk Index

    Scored

    News-based index of geopolitical threats and acts.

    Geopolitical & Trade PolicyFREDmonthly

  • US Core Consumer Price Inflation

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in consumer prices excluding food and energy.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Core PCE Inflation

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in the PCE price index excluding food and energy.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US 5-Year Breakeven Inflation

    Scored

    Market-implied average inflation over the next five years.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDdaily

  • US 10-Year Breakeven Inflation

    Informational

    Market-implied average inflation over the next ten years.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDdaily

  • US Nonfarm Payroll Momentum

    Informational

    Three-month average of monthly changes in seasonally adjusted nonfarm payrolls.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Initial Claims Acceleration

    Scored

    Acceleration in the four-week mean of initial claims versus the four-week mean ending thirteen weeks earlier.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDweekly

  • US Real Gross Domestic Product

    Informational

    Seasonally adjusted annualized level of real U.S. gross domestic product.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDquarterly

  • US Real GDP Growth

    Scored

    Annualized percent change in real GDP from the preceding quarter.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDquarterly

  • US Industrial Production Growth

    Scored

    Year-over-year change in the Federal Reserve industrial-production index.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Capacity Utilization

    Informational

    Share of industrial productive capacity currently in use.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US PCE Price Inflation

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in the headline PCE price index.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US 5Y5Y Forward Inflation Expectation

    Informational

    Market-implied five-year inflation beginning five years ahead.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDdaily

  • US Continued Unemployment Claims

    Informational

    Four-week arithmetic mean of continued unemployment claims.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDweekly

  • US Labor Productivity Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in nonfarm-business output per hour.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDquarterly

  • US Manufacturing Output Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in manufacturing industrial production.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Retail Sales Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in advance retail and food-service sales.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Real Disposable Income Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in real disposable personal income.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Personal Saving Rate

    Informational

    Personal saving as a share of disposable personal income.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Housing Starts Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in seasonally adjusted annualized housing starts.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • US Net Exports

    Informational

    Seasonally adjusted annualized exports minus imports of goods and services.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDquarterly

  • US Treasury General Account

    Informational

    Weekly-average U.S. Treasury deposits held at Federal Reserve Banks.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDweekly

  • US 10-Year Real Treasury Yield

    Scored

    Market yield on ten-year inflation-indexed Treasury securities.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • US 10-Year Forward Term Premium

    Scored

    Instantaneous forward Treasury term premium ten years ahead.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • US 1-Month Treasury Yield

    Informational

    One-month constant-maturity Treasury yield.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDdaily

  • U.S. Dollar to Euro Exchange Rate

    Informational

    U.S. dollars required to purchase one euro.

    International SovereignFREDdaily

  • Japanese Yen to U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate

    Informational

    Japanese yen required to purchase one U.S. dollar.

    International SovereignFREDdaily

  • Euro Area Real GDP Growth

    Scored

    Year-over-year change in chained-volume real GDP for the euro area.

    International SovereignFREDquarterly

  • US C&I Loan Growth

    Scored

    Year-over-year change in commercial and industrial loans at U.S. commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDmonthly

  • US C&I Lending Standards Tightening

    Scored

    Net percentage of domestic banks tightening standards for large and middle-market C&I loans.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • US Bank Deposit Growth

    Scored

    Percentage change in commercial-bank deposits over thirteen weekly observations.

    Credit & BankingFREDweekly

  • Chicago Fed Financial Conditions Index

    Informational

    Weekly Chicago Fed composite of U.S. financial conditions; positive values are tighter than average.

    Credit & BankingFREDweekly

  • US Total Bank Loan Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in loans and leases at U.S. commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDweekly

  • US Consumer Loan Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year change in consumer loans at U.S. commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDmonthly

  • Real Personal Consumption Expenditures Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in seasonally adjusted real personal consumption expenditures.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Building Permits Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in privately owned housing units authorized by building permits.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Average Weekly Hours Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in the three-month mean of average weekly hours for total private employees.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Average Hourly Earnings Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in average hourly earnings for total private employees.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Business Inventory Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in seasonally adjusted total business inventories.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • M2 Money Supply Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in the seasonally adjusted M2 money stock.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDmonthly

  • Consumer Loan Charge-Off Rate

    Scored

    Seasonally adjusted charge-off rate on consumer loans at all commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • Sahm Rule Recession Indicator

    Scored

    Real-time Sahm Rule indicator based on the rise in the three-month unemployment-rate average from its prior twelve-month minimum.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Chicago Fed National Activity Index

    Informational

    Chicago Fed composite of national economic activity relative to historical trend.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Job Openings Growth

    Informational

    Year-over-year growth in seasonally adjusted total nonfarm job openings.

    Global Macro & Supply ChainFREDmonthly

  • Commercial Real Estate Loan Delinquency Rate

    Scored

    Delinquency rate on commercial real-estate loans excluding farmland, booked in domestic offices, at all commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • Credit Card Loan Delinquency Rate

    Informational

    Seasonally adjusted delinquency rate on credit-card loans at all commercial banks.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • Household Equity Allocation

    Informational

    Households and nonprofit organizations’ directly and indirectly held corporate equities as a share of total financial assets.

    Equities & VolatilityFREDquarterly

  • Household Debt Service Ratio

    Informational

    Required household mortgage and consumer debt payments as a share of disposable personal income.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • Nonfinancial Corporate Debt to GDP

    Informational

    Nonfinancial corporate debt securities plus loans relative to nominal U.S. GDP.

    Credit & BankingFREDquarterly

  • Real Policy Rate

    Informational

    Monthly average effective federal funds rate minus trailing twelve-month core PCE inflation.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDmonthly

  • RiskCurrent Net Liquidity Estimate Momentum

    Informational

    Thirteen-week change in a constructed estimate combining Federal Reserve assets, Treasury deposits, and overnight reverse repo balances.

    US Sovereign Debt & LiquidityFREDweekly

RiskCurrent is an informational monitoring tool and does not provide investment, legal, emergency, or professional financial advice.