Crashboard folds forty-three public indicators of financial stress into two readings — conditions now, and conditions ahead — and ranks each against twenty-eight years of record. This is what they read right now. They describe conditions as they are measured, not what happens next.
Conditions Ahead measures pressure building rather than damage arrived, from a separate set of indicators. The two are allowed to disagree, and the gap between them is as informative as either number. Under each is the single indicator pushing it hardest, signed: positive is calming, negative is straining.
Conditions Now · 16 October 2026
Normal
Largest pushJob Losses+0.54
Conditions Ahead · 16 October 2026
Strained
Largest pushOil Shock−0.69
The Office of Financial Research's stress index, split into the three regions that sum to it. This is not our number: the figures are the OFR's own, with only the sign turned over, as the note under the table explains. "% calm" is how much of its own record ran more stressed than today.
| Region | Calm | 1 mo | σ | % calm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | +1.18 | −0.07 | +0.67 | 77% |
| Other advanced | +0.49 | +0.06 | +0.23 | 50% |
| Emerging markets | +0.52 | −0.02 | +1.04 | 87% |
OFR global stress index by region, data through 14 October 2026. Posted daily, two business days behind. OFR publishes this as a stress index, positive for stress; the sign is turned over here so higher is better, as everywhere else.
What the app adds
Both readings above are free, here and in the app, along with every indicator behind Conditions Now and the whole twenty-eight-year record of it. What a subscription buys is the arithmetic behind the forward reading rather than the reading itself: the rest of the panel under Conditions Ahead — all of its indicators, not just the largest — what each contributes, and its history beside the present one.
Download on the App StoreReading for 16 October 2026, published here on 16 October 2026. Rebuilt automatically whenever new data publishes, three times every weekday.
Important
Crashboard is provided for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not financial, investment, tax or legal advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security or other asset.
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The readings are one opinionated model built from public data. That data may be delayed, revised, incomplete or wrong, and the model may be wrong even when the data is right. The readings describe conditions as they are measured now and rank them against the record. Past readings are not indicative of future results, and no reading is a forecast.
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