AI Disruption

This section asks a narrower question: is AI showing up in the U.S. macro data yet?

It does not measure AI adoption directly. Instead, it follows a clear set of FRED-based proxy indicators: AI-related capital buildout, weakening in white-collar labor markets, productivity gains that are not translating into payroll growth, household capacity to absorb strain, and signs of credit-market stress.

The purpose is to track when these indicators begin to move together in a way that matters economically. The issue is not just whether AI investment is rising, but whether it is coinciding with labor-market displacement and broader macro pressure that could affect growth, consumer spending, and financial conditions.

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31.22 Score

203 day(s) Freshness

Quiet buildout Regime

2026-07-24 As Of

Score Tree

This view shows how the headline AI disruption score breaks into the two parent composites and then into the five underlying study buckets.

Top Drivers

Driver	Source Study	Score	Composite Impact
Information processing equipment momentum	Replacement Pressure Index	83.96	50.37
Business-sector labor-share proxy	Replacement Pressure Index	80.33	48.20
Private fixed investment in intellectual property products	Replacement Pressure Index	73.74	44.24
Semiconductor industrial production	Replacement Pressure Index	63.29	37.97
Professional and business services hires	Replacement Pressure Index	56.44	33.87

This dashboard is an AI-sensitive proxy monitor. It tracks whether AI-enabling buildout, labor softness, household strain, and credit fragility are lining up in a macro-relevant way.

Study State Matrix

This denser panel keeps every AI study on one 0-100 scale and shows the internal component mix driving each score.

Study Index

AI Buildout

Indicator Study | Emerging | As of 2026-06-05 | Freshness 52d

AI Buildout is 'emerging' with a composite score of 49.2. The hottest components are Software and compute capex 63.9, Semiconductor supply tightness 44.1.

Credit Fragility

Indicator Study | Contained | As of 2026-07-24 | Freshness 2d

Credit Fragility is 'contained' with a composite score of 31.2. The hottest components are Market stress 32.4, Financing tightness 30.8.

Household Absorption

Indicator Study | Active | As of 2026-06-05 | Freshness 52d

Household Absorption is 'active' with a composite score of 60.4. The hottest components are Income strain 66.0, Debt-service pressure 64.6.

Productivity-Payroll Gap

Indicator Study | Active | As of 2026-01-02 | Freshness 203d

Productivity-Payroll Gap is 'active' with a composite score of 55.3. The hottest components are Productivity acceleration 61.2, Labor-share squeeze 52.6.

White-Collar Labor

Indicator Study | Emerging | As of 2026-07-17 | Freshness 12d

White-Collar Labor is 'emerging' with a composite score of 45.8. The hottest components are Claims spillover 53.6, Hiring deterioration 46.9.

Absorption Fragility Index

Composite Study | Contained | As of 2026-07-24 | Freshness 52d

Absorption Fragility Index is 'contained' with a score of 31.2. Child studies are contributing as follows: Household Absorption 60.4, Credit Fragility 31.2.

Replacement Pressure Index

Composite Study | Emerging | As of 2026-07-17 | Freshness 203d

Replacement Pressure Index is 'emerging' with a score of 45.8. Child studies are contributing as follows: AI Buildout 49.2, White-Collar Labor 45.8, Productivity-Payroll Gap 55.3.

AI Disruption Composite

Composite Study | Contained | As of 2026-07-24 | Freshness 203d

AI disruption is 'contained' on the dashboard this week. Replacement pressure scores 45.8, fragility scores 31.2, and the blended composite is 31.2.

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Coverage: United States only. Mixed-frequency FRED data is aligned to a weekly Friday panel and freshness is shown explicitly.