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American Distress Index
43.8
Typical
2026-Q1
On average, its inputs sit higher than in 44% of their own quarterly histories.
Delinquency 46.7
4 series
Default & Legal 32.9
2 series
Debt Burden 31.1
1 series
Labor 16.3
2 series
Safety Net & Buffer 92.0
1 series

Equal-weighted domains. Each score averages its member series' percentile readings within their own history.

21 worsening
18 improving
15 stable
16 no verdict
26 no direction
2 pending
Indicator Trend Value YoY Period Status Category
Personal Saving Rate The Buffer ADI 2.7% -1.9 percentage points Jun 2026 ↓ worsening Savings
Bankrate Emergency Savings Survey The Safety Net 30% 2026 not comparable Savings
SHED Emergency Savings Survey The $400 Test 37% 0 percentage points 2025 stable Savings
Vanguard Hardship Withdrawal Rate The Cannibalization Rate 6% +1.2 percentage points 2025 ↓ worsening Savings
Share of Bank of America Checking Households Living Paycheck to Paycheck The Squeeze 24% +0.3 percentage points 2025 ↓ worsening Savings
Buy Now Pay Later Lending Volume Phantom Debt $43.9B +31.4% 2023 no direction Savings
Household Debt Service Ratio Debt Service ADI 11.16% +0.06 percentage points Q1 2026 stable Savings
Mortgage Debt Service Ratio Mortgage Debt Service Ratio 5.88% +0.11 percentage points Q1 2026 stable Savings
Total Consumer Credit Outstanding Total Consumer Credit Outstanding $5.2T +2.4% Jun 2026 no direction Savings
Total Revolving Credit Outstanding Total Revolving Credit Outstanding $1.4T +3.8% Jun 2026 no direction Savings
HELOC Balance Growth HELOC Balance Growth $459B +11.6% Q2 2026 no direction Savings
401(k) Loan Outstanding Rate 401(k) Loan Outstanding Rate 13% 0 percentage points 2024 ↓ worsening Savings
Revolving Credit Utilization (75th Percentile) Revolving Credit Utilization (75th Percentile) 50.47% -1.2 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Savings
Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans The Late Fee ADI 2.92% -0.14 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Debt
Charge-Off Rate on Credit Card Loans Charge-Off Rate on Credit Card Loans ADI 3.84% -0.62 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Debt
Total Credit Card Debt Outstanding Plastic Ceiling $1.26T +4.5% Q2 2026 no direction Debt
Commercial Bank Interest Rate on Credit Card Plans The Card Tax 20.94% -0.22 percentage points Q2 2026 stable Debt
Auto Loan Serious Delinquency Rate (90+ days) The Repo Line ADI 5.49% +0.5 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Debt
Share of Student Loan Balances 90+ Days Delinquent Share of Student Loan Balances 90+ Days Delinquent 10.6% +0.44 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Debt
Delinquency Rate on Consumer Loans (ex credit card) Delinquency Rate on Consumer Loans (ex credit card) ADI 2.28% -0.1 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Debt
Credit Card Delinquency Rate — Banks Outside Top 100 The Other Banks 6.43% -0.75 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Debt
Total Delinquency Rate (All Loan Types) Falling Behind 4.73% +0.32 percentage points Q2 2026 ↑ improving Debt
Total Household Debt Total Household Debt $18.77T +2.1% Q2 2026 no direction Debt
Credit Card Delinquency Spread — Outside Top 100 Minus Top 100 Banks Credit Card Delinquency Spread — Outside Top 100 Minus Top 100 Banks 3.75 percentage points -0.37 percentage points Q2 2026 no direction Debt
TransUnion Credit Card Borrower Delinquency The Risk Reset 2.26% +0.09 percentage points Q2 2026 ↑ improving Debt
Equifax Bankcard Balance Delinquency Rate (60+ DPD) The 60-Day Line 2.71% Jun 2026 falling Debt
Student Loan Borrowers Behind on Payments or in Collections Student Loan Borrowers Behind on Payments or in Collections 20% +4 percentage points 2024 ↓ worsening Debt
FHA Mortgage Delinquency Rate The FHA Signal 11.79% +1.22 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Housing
Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, All Commercial Banks Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, All Commercial Banks ADI 1.86% +0.08 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Housing
Serious Delinquency Rate (90+ days, All Loan Types) Serious Delinquency Rate (90+ days, All Loan Types) 3.31% +0.27 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Housing
Foreclosure Filings YoY Change Foreclosure Filings 15% +2 percentage points Q2 2026 falling Housing
Median Sales Price of Houses Sold (US) Median Sales Price of Houses Sold (US) $410,700 -1.3% Q2 2026 no direction Housing
Foreclosure Starts vs Completions Ratio The Pipeline 5.49 -2.0% Jun 2026 no direction Housing
Cotality Current-to-30-Day Mortgage Transition Rate First Missed 0.6% 0 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Housing
Mortgage Origination Volume Mortgage Origination Volume $505B +10.1% Q2 2026 no direction Housing
Initial Unemployment Claims (SA) Initial Unemployment Claims (SA) ADI 206,000 -11.6% Aug 15, 2026 ↓ worsening Jobs
Continued Unemployment Claims (SA) Continued Unemployment Claims (SA) 1,799,000 -8.1% Aug 8, 2026 no direction Jobs
Challenger Job Cut Announcements Pink Slips 33K -46.2% Jul 2026 falling Jobs
JOLTS Quits Rate JOLTS Quits Rate 2% -0.1 percentage points Jun 2026 ↑ improving Jobs
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate ADI 4.1% -0.2 percentage points Jul 2026 ↑ improving Jobs
U-6 Underemployment Rate U-6 Underemployment Rate 7.9% 0 percentage points Jul 2026 ↑ improving Jobs
Total Nonfarm Payrolls Total Nonfarm Payrolls 158.9M +0.2% Jul 2026 no direction Jobs
Part-Time for Economic Reasons Part-Time for Economic Reasons 4.8M +2.5% Jul 2026 no direction Jobs
Lower-Income Wage Growth vs. Inflation Gap The K-Shape 2.2 percentage points -0.2 percentage points 2024 ↑ improving Jobs
Atlanta Fed Wage Growth Tracker (1st Quartile) Atlanta Fed Wage Growth Tracker (1st Quartile) 3.7% +0.1 percentage points Jul 2026 no direction Jobs
Indeed Job Postings Index (US) Indeed Job Postings Index (US) 101.79 -2.9% Aug 14, 2026 stable Jobs
CPI Inflation Rate (All Items) CPI Inflation Rate (All Items) 3.3% +0.56 percentage points Jul 2026 falling Prices
Food CPI Food CPI 2.94% +0.04 percentage points Jul 2026 falling Prices
Motor Vehicle Insurance CPI Motor Vehicle Insurance CPI 6.62% +0.08 percentage points Jul 2026 rising Prices
Medical Care CPI Medical Care CPI 1.7% -1.82 percentage points Jul 2026 falling Prices
Energy CPI (All Items) Energy CPI (All Items) 14.45% +15.68 percentage points Jul 2026 falling Prices
Grocery Prices Cumulative Change Since Jan 2020 Grocery Prices Cumulative Change Since Jan 2020 31.91% +3.36 percentage points Jul 2026 stable Prices
Shelter CPI Shelter CPI 3.16% -0.52 percentage points Jul 2026 falling Prices
Prescription Drug CPI Prescription Drug CPI -3.06% -3.94 percentage points Jul 2026 falling Prices
Healthcare Inflation Premium (Medical CPI minus Overall CPI) Healthcare Inflation Premium (Medical CPI minus Overall CPI) -1.6 percentage points -2.38 percentage points Jul 2026 ↑ improving Prices
Gas Affordability Ratio The Pump Tax 1.11% +0.27 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Prices
Auto Insurance Inflation Premium (Auto CPI minus Overall CPI) The Coverage Tax 3.32 percentage points -0.48 percentage points Jul 2026 ↓ worsening Prices
Grocery Affordability Gap (AHE YoY minus Food CPI YoY) The Grocery Gap 0.21 percentage points -0.85 percentage points Jul 2026 ↓ worsening Prices
Energy Cost Burden (Energy PCE as % of Disposable Income) The Energy Squeeze 3.75% +0.43 percentage points Q2 2026 ↓ worsening Prices
Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income The Import Tax 1.16% +0.78 percentage points 2025 no direction Prices
Bankruptcy Filings YoY Change Bankruptcy Filings 12.2% +0.7 percentage points Q2 2026 rising Courts
Bankruptcy Chapter 7 to Chapter 13 Filing Ratio The Wipeout Ratio 1.77 +6.6% Q2 2026 no direction Courts
Charge-Off Rate on All Loans Charge-Off Rate on All Loans 0.57% -0.07 percentage points Q1 2026 ↑ improving Courts
Charge-Off Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages Charge-Off Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages ADI 0% 0 percentage points Q1 2026 pending Courts
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filings (YoY % Change) Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filings (YoY % Change) 14.7% -2.3 percentage points Q2 2026 no verdict Courts
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filings (YoY % Change) Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filings (YoY % Change) 7.6% +3.5 percentage points Q2 2026 rising Courts
CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume CFPB Consumer Complaint Volume 706,686 +43.7% Jul 2026 no direction Courts
University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index The Mood Ring 49.5 -18.5% Jun 2026 stable Warning Signs
Conference Board Consumer Expectations Index The Warning Light 74.7 +0.4% Jul 2026 stable Warning Signs
NFCI Non-Financial Leverage Subindex The Tightening -0.36 +37.5% Aug 14, 2026 no direction Warning Signs
Senior Loan Officer Survey: Banks Tightening Standards Senior Loan Officer Survey: Banks Tightening Standards 6.7% -3.7 percentage points Q3 2026 pending Warning Signs
Wage Growth vs CPI Spread Wage Growth vs CPI Spread 0.5 percentage points -0.96 percentage points Jul 2026 ↑ improving Warning Signs
Google Search Interest: Financial Distress The Search Signal 64 +52.4% Feb 2026 ↓ worsening Warning Signs
SNAP (Food Stamp) Enrollment SNAP (Food Stamp) Enrollment 36,562,128 -13.5% May 2026 no direction Warning Signs
Top vs Bottom Income Quartile Spending Gap The Divergence -13.9 percentage points -3.4 percentage points Jun 2026 no direction Warning Signs
Difficulty Paying Usual Household Expenses The Pinch 22.8% Mar 30, 2026 not comparable Who's Hurting
Financial Health Score (FHN FinHealth Survey) Financial Health Score (FHN FinHealth Survey) 30 0.0% 2024 ↓ worsening Who's Hurting
States with Credit Card Delinquency Above 10% The Spread 36 +24.1% 2025 ↓ worsening Who's Hurting
Philadelphia Fed LIFE Bill-Payment Coping Strategy The Skip Rate 17.4% -0.9 percentage points Q2 2026 ↑ improving Who's Hurting
Medicaid / CHIP Enrollment Medicaid / CHIP Enrollment 76,800,000 -2.8% Dec 2025 no direction Who's Hurting
Business AI Adoption Rate The Adoption Curve 10% +3.4 percentage points Sep 2025 no direction AI & Work
METR 50% Task-Completion Horizon The Horizon 1,044.8 +772.8% Apr 2026 no direction AI & Work
AI-Attributed Layoff Announcements The AI Cut 11K +5.8% Jul 2026 falling AI & Work
Information Sector Job Openings (NAICS 51) The Tech Drought 90K -26.8% Jun 2026 ↑ improving AI & Work
Youth Unemployment Rate (16-24) Youth Unemployment Rate (16-24) 8.5% -1.5 percentage points Jul 2026 ↑ improving AI & Work
AI Share of Indeed Job Postings AI Share of Indeed Job Postings 6.28% +3.07 percentage points Jul 2026 no direction AI & Work
Real Production & Nonsupervisory Wage Shop Floor Pay $10 -0.1% Jul 2026 stable The Deal
Real Median Weekly Earnings The Median Check $378 +0.5% Q2 2026 stable The Deal
Productivity-Pay Wedge The Wedge 109.87 +2.3% Q2 2026 ↓ worsening The Deal
Long-Term Unemployed Share (27+ Weeks) The Long Haul 25.5% +0.6 percentage points Jul 2026 no direction The Deal
Involuntary Part-Time Share of Employment The Short Shift 2.96% +0.09 percentage points Jul 2026 stable The Deal
Union Membership Rate The Union Card 9.9% -0.1 percentage points 2024 ↓ worsening The Deal
Nonfarm Business Labor Share Index (2017=100) The Split 93.55 -3.3% Q2 2026 ↓ worsening The Deal
Family Income Inequality (Gini) The Divide 0.46 +0.9% 2024 stable The Deal
Bottom 50% Share of Household Wealth The Bottom Half 2.5% 0 percentage points Q1 2026 stable The Deal
Prime-Age Employment Rate (25-54) The Prime Years 80.4% 0 percentage points Jul 2026 stable The Deal
Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment The Second Job 5.4% +0.3 percentage points Jul 2026 no direction The Deal
Real Federal Minimum Wage The Floor $2 -3.2% Jul 2026 stable The Deal
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