In the July 2, 2010 post I explained my policy with regard to changing the content of posts after the day the posts have been published on the blog.
Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index (NFCI)
The St. Louis Fed’s Financial Stress Index (STLFSI) is one index that is supposed to measure stress in the financial system. Its reading as of the December 24, 2015 update (reflecting data through December 18) is -.557. Of course, there are a variety of other measures and indices that are supposed to measure financial stress and other related …