St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index -0.4681 for
St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index came in at -0.4681 (Index) for Wk of Oct 2 2026, up 42.15% from -0.8091 the prior week and 12.83% above its level of -0.537 one year ago. The series has averaged -0 since 1993, reaching a record high of 9.66 in October 2008 and a record low of -1.1276 in January 2007.
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⋮ | ⋮ |
|---|---|
| October 2, 2026 | -0.4681 |
| September 25, 2026 | -0.8091 |
| September 18, 2026 | -0.7029 |
| September 11, 2026 | -0.8509 |
| September 4, 2026 | -0.7924 |
| August 28, 2026 | -0.8488 |
| August 21, 2026 | -0.8099 |
| August 14, 2026 | -0.8274 |
| August 7, 2026 | -0.7667 |
| July 31, 2026 | -0.5041 |
| July 24, 2026 | -0.8288 |
| July 17, 2026 | -0.6997 |
| July 10, 2026 | -0.8846 |
| July 3, 2026 | -0.722 |
| June 26, 2026 | -0.6409 |
| June 19, 2026 | -0.9467 |
| June 12, 2026 | -0.7664 |
| June 5, 2026 | -0.8638 |
| May 29, 2026 | -0.6709 |
| May 22, 2026 | -0.7608 |
⋮ | ⋮ |
|---|---|
| May 14, 2010 | 0.3576 |
| May 7, 2010 | 0.4378 |
| April 30, 2010 | -0.1812 |
| April 23, 2010 | -0.4078 |
| April 16, 2010 | -0.4348 |
| April 9, 2010 | -0.4641 |
| April 2, 2010 | -0.3512 |
| March 26, 2010 | -0.3958 |
| March 19, 2010 | -0.4205 |
| March 12, 2010 | -0.5581 |
| March 5, 2010 | -0.2548 |
| February 26, 2010 | -0.2116 |
| February 19, 2010 | -0.2106 |
| February 12, 2010 | 0.1151 |
| February 5, 2010 | -0.0458 |
| January 29, 2010 | 0.0612 |
| January 22, 2010 | -0.0646 |
| January 15, 2010 | -0.3392 |
| January 8, 2010 | -0.3804 |
| January 1, 2010 | -0.2084 |
About St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index
What it measures
The St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index (FRED series STLFSI4) distills eighteen weekly indicators, including interest rates, yield spreads, and volatility measures, into a single principal component summarizing conditions in US financial markets. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis publishes it weekly, with the series constructed so that the long-run average equals zero.
Why it matters
Composite stress indexes let analysts see systemic strain that no single spread captures. Rising stress tightens financial conditions, raises funding costs, and can force policymakers to respond, so the index is watched as an early-warning gauge for credit events and as context for Fed decisions. It aggregates signals from equity, Treasury, corporate, and money markets simultaneously.
How to read it
Zero represents normal conditions: positive values indicate above-average stress and negative values below-average stress. Most history sits modestly below zero, with sharp positive spikes during episodes such as 2008, 2011, and March 2020. Focus on abrupt changes rather than small wiggles, and note that methodology revisions have produced successive versions of the index, so long spliced histories require care.
Get St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index in Excel
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index?
St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index is -0.4681 (Index) as of October 2026.
What is the all-time high and low of St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index?
The highest value on record is 9.66 (October 2008) and the lowest is -1.1276 (January 2007).
How often is St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index updated?
St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index is published on a weekly basis, sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED).
How do I get St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index in Excel?
Use the MarketXLS Excel formula =FinancialStressIndex() to pull St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index directly into any cell, with historical values available for analysis.
Stats
| Last Value | -0.4681 |
| Latest Period | Wk of Oct 2 2026 |
| Last Updated | October 7 2026, 10:25 |
| Value Previous Week | -0.8091 |
| Change From Previous Week | 42.15% |
| Value 1 Year Ago | -0.537 |
| Change From Year Ago | 12.83% |
| Record High (Oct 2008) | 9.66 |
| Record Low (Jan 2007) | -1.1276 |
| Long-Term Average | -0 |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Adjustment | Not Seasonally Adjusted |
| Unit | Index |
Annual Averages
| 2026 | -0.66 |
| 2025 | -0.53 |
| 2024 | -0.66 |
| 2023 | -0.47 |
| 2022 | -0.1 |
| 2021 | -0.65 |
| 2020 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | -0.25 |
| 2018 | -0.24 |
| 2017 | -0.5 |
| 2016 | 0.28 |
| 2015 | -0.01 |
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