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Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index

Series NFCI — Chicago Fed financial conditions.

Latest value: −0.50 for Oct 9, 2026, +0.02 points from a year earlier (against Oct 10, 2025). 563 weekly observations from Jan 1, 2016 to Oct 9, 2026, in index (0 = average). Source: FRED (FRED route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge.

Latest observations

PeriodValue
Oct 9, 2026−0.50
Oct 2, 2026−0.51
Sep 25, 2026−0.52
Sep 18, 2026−0.53
Sep 11, 2026−0.54
Sep 4, 2026−0.54
Aug 28, 2026−0.55
Aug 21, 2026−0.55
Aug 14, 2026−0.55
Aug 7, 2026−0.54
Jul 31, 2026−0.54
Jul 24, 2026−0.53

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Cite: Nowflation, “Chicago Fed National Financial Conditions Index” (NFCI), data from FRED, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/NFCI. The series at its source: FRED.

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