CPIx US
Both regions65.4out of 100
As of 2026-08-28, CPIx US stands at 65.4 out of 100 (Elevated stress), down 0.2 points on the previous week.
CPIx US is a 0 to 100 reading of how stretched American households are. It uses the same method as the UK index, applied to US sources, with weekly history back to 2002.
It is not a government statistic. BLS and Federal Reserve releases feed the macro anchor, but the composite, the weighting and the bands are Briefed’s, and nobody audits them.
The record.
Weekly history. The bands move with the reading, so a score means the same thing in 2019 as it does today.
Questions worth asking.
Answered here rather than behind a click, because a methodology nobody reads is a methodology nobody can check.
Is this the same index as CPIx UK?
Same method, different inputs, and different cutoffs. Each market’s index distributes differently, so the bands are calibrated separately. A 58 in the US is not the same statement as a 58 in the UK, which is why the scale on this page is drawn from the US thresholds.
What feeds it?
Wages against inflation, consumer credit, labour market conditions, retail demand, household savings and energy costs form the macro anchor, drawn from US published sources. A behavioural layer of higher-frequency data sits alongside at equal weight.
How often does it change?
It is recomputed every morning against the most recent published data. The reading carries its own as-of date, which is the one to quote.
Can I use it?
Yes. Quote it, chart it, cite it. Credit Briefed and link to this page. No licence, no permission.
Is it a forecast?
No. It describes pressure now, from data already published, and it is not built to be traded on.
Quote it. Just credit us.
CPIx is published free. Credit Briefed and link to this page so a reader can check the reading themselves. There is no licence to buy and no form to fill in.
CPIx UK is here, calculated the same way against United Kingdom sources, with bands set to its own distribution.