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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32.37 Score

133 day(s) Freshness

Quiet buildout Regime

2026-08-14 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
Business-sector labor-share proxy	Replacement Pressure Index	100.00	60.00
Private fixed investment in intellectual property products	Replacement Pressure Index	70.58	42.35
Continuing unemployment claims	Replacement Pressure Index	51.55	30.93
Initial unemployment claims	Replacement Pressure Index	50.98	30.59
Consumer sentiment	Absorption Fragility Index	73.96	29.58

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 2026-07-03 | Freshness 42d

AI Buildout is 'emerging' with a composite score of 41.4. The hottest components are Software and compute capex 49.8, Power buildout 37.4.

Credit Fragility

Indicator Study | Contained | As of 2026-08-14 | Freshness 2d

Credit Fragility is 'contained' with a composite score of 32.4. The hottest components are Financing tightness 33.6, Market stress 33.1.

Household Absorption

Indicator Study | Active | As of 2026-06-05 | Freshness 72d

Household Absorption is 'active' with a composite score of 58.9. The hottest components are Income strain 64.9, Debt-service pressure 64.6.

Productivity-Payroll Gap

Indicator Study | Active | As of 2026-04-03 | Freshness 133d

Productivity-Payroll Gap is 'active' with a composite score of 60.2. The hottest components are Labor-share squeeze 67.4, Productivity acceleration 57.8.

White-Collar Labor

Indicator Study | Emerging | As of 2026-08-07 | Freshness 11d

White-Collar Labor is 'emerging' with a composite score of 41.8. The hottest components are Claims spillover 51.3, Hiring deterioration 39.5.

Absorption Fragility Index

Composite Study | Contained | As of 2026-08-14 | Freshness 72d

Absorption Fragility Index is 'contained' with a score of 32.4. Child studies are contributing as follows: Household Absorption 58.9, Credit Fragility 32.4.

Replacement Pressure Index

Composite Study | Emerging | As of 2026-08-07 | Freshness 133d

Replacement Pressure Index is 'emerging' with a score of 41.8. Child studies are contributing as follows: AI Buildout 41.4, White-Collar Labor 41.8, Productivity-Payroll Gap 60.2.

AI Disruption Composite

Composite Study | Contained | As of 2026-08-14 | Freshness 133d

AI disruption is 'contained' on the dashboard this week. Replacement pressure scores 41.8, fragility scores 32.4, and the blended composite is 32.4.

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