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 April 18, 2019 update (reflecting data through April 12, 2019) is -1.311. Of course, there are a variety of other measures and indices that are supposed to measure financial stress …

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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 March 21, 2019 update (reflecting data through March 15, 2019) is -1.256. Of course, there are a variety of other measures and indices that are supposed to measure financial stress …

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