CPIx Consumer Stress Index
CPIx: One number for how stretched the consumer is.
CPIx is a proprietary Briefed index — not to be confused with the ONS Consumer Price Index (CPI) or CPIH. It is a 0–100 composite of six published series: wages versus inflation, consumer credit, labour market conditions, retail demand, household savings, and energy costs. Calculated separately for the UK and US economies. Refreshed every 30 minutes.
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United Kingdom
CPIx UK
Built around ONS wage data, BoE rate signals, and UK retail and credit series. The headline read for the British household balance sheet.
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United States
CPIx US
Built around BLS labour data, Fed credit and savings releases, and US retail and energy series. The headline read for the American household balance sheet.
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Methodology
How CPIx
is calculated.
CPIx is a composite index built from a basket of published economic series, applied independently to each market. Inputs span wages and inflation, consumer credit, labour market conditions, retail demand, household savings, and energy costs. Each series is normalised against its historical range, weighted, and combined into a single score between 0 and 100.
A score below 55 is classified as Stable. A score of 55 or above signals Rising Pressure. A score of 66 or above signals Elevated Stress. The exact composition of each market's index is proprietary.
Professional use
Full CPIx data
for professional use.
The headline number on this page is free. Sector breakdowns, daily commentary, 30-day trend charts, signal alerts, and API access sit behind Briefed Intelligence; that is the version most desks subscribe to.
Journalists can quote CPIx with attribution to Briefed; no licence required. Commercial use or API access: sales@briefedmedia.com.