Financial stress
St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index
-0.72Week of Oct 9, 2026
Lower than 83% of readings in the last 10 years.
Financial stress is below its long-run average.
History
-0.729 Oct 2026
- Since Week of Oct 2, 2026
- -0.25
- Over a year (vs Week of Oct 3, 2025)
- -0.23
- Range, last 10 years
- -0.96 to +5.62
What this measures
A weekly St. Louis Fed index of strain in US financial markets; zero is the long-run average.
How to read it
Below zero means less stress than usual. Sharp jumps have come with banking and market crises.
