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CPFF · FED_BOARD

Commercial paper spreads

Fastest corporate funding stress indicator in 2008 and 2020.

Latest reading

0.280

Percent · observation 2026-10-01, published 2026-10-02

Last 24 observations.

Signal

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Not in the fit. No verdict.

Use
Not in model: status DECLARED

Where it fits

Credit & Financial Conditions: Measure the price and availability of credit — the best-performing partner to the term spread in published out-of-sample work. The model averages the standardised signals in each block into a block score, then combines the twelve block scores in a probit. Today the 12-block model reads 1.6%.

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