UK Corporate Friction Index
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Sector Intelligence
Where is stress moving?
Week-on-week stress movement across 18 UK sectors.
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Biggest moves this week
View all sectors →From sector to industry
See where pressure sits beneath the headline.
Explore the industries within each sector, their corporate cycle and forward signals.
Explore sector intelligence →Forward Economic Signals
What is changing beneath the headline data?
How it works →FI monitors key economic outcomes and shows how underlying conditions are evolving, based on validated relationships with corporate stress.
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Movement doesn't necessarily mean a signal has fired.
Subscribers can see each signal's current state, proximity to its validated range and what it could mean for the economy.
Explore forward signals →Current Stress Landscape
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Elevated
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Below baseline
0 sectors are currently under elevated or critical stress.
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