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Bank / Financial Stress Index

Relevance-filtered media attention to banking & credit stress. Spiked to its all-time high during the SVB / Credit Suisse crisis of March 2023.

Current

64

below avg

Baseline

100

historical avg

Peak

419

all-time

Updated

07-03

2026

What drove the spikes

419
2023-03-23
196
2023-05-05
196
2023-05-29
184
2023-08-08
178
2020-04-17
173
2022-10-27
173
2022-11-13
158
2022-01-22

How this index is validated

Full validation report
TestResultVerdict
Tracks stress (vs Fed stress index)0.30 correlationCoincident
Catches major events77%, ~9 daysHighest recall
Spikes are new narratives+0.9 SD noveltyConfirmed
Predicts marketsno edge (tested)No, by design
Predicts the economyreads conditions, no leadCoincident

Descriptive validation, measured not asserted. How these tests work.

Cite this index

FinanceLab. Bank / Financial Stress Index. https://financelab.ai/indexes/bank-stress (data through 2026-07-03).

Descriptive news-attention index. Free to view, share, and cite. Full history and the underlying labeled coverage are available via the FinanceLab API.