American Default Research

Fetch a compact snapshot of an American Default economic indicator by slug. Returns latest value, unit, frequency, direction, pre-computed aggregates (period averages, extremes, sustained runs), editorial prose (when available), and canonical APA / MLA / Chicago / news-copy citations. Raw historical

Fetch a county's County Distress Index (CDI) scorecard by 5-digit FIPS code. Returns composite score (0-100), zone (Healthy / Normal / Elevated / Serious / Crisis), national + state rank, 5-domain breakdown (Consumer Credit Distress, Housing Cost Burden, Structural Poverty, Economic Vitality, Legal

Fetch the latest quarterly reading of the American Distress Index (ADI) composite. Returns composite score (0-100), zone, composite Z-score, and the 5-component breakdown (Buffer, Debt Stress, Financial Conditions, Cost Pressure, Labor) with Z-scores and point contributions. Updated quarterly.

Search the 96-indicator registry by keyword. Returns ranked matches (up to `limit`, default 10, max 50) with slug, branded name, underlying name, category, and canonical URL. Scoring is substring+prefix over slug, branded_name, name, and category — e.g. query 'savings' returns both The Buffer (perso

Fetch statistically-validated leading/lagging relationships for an indicator. Source: the five-filter leading-indicator scanner (cross-correlation → first-differenced CCF → multi-crisis validation → Granger causality → out-of-sample validation). Returns two lists: `as_leader` (pairs where this indic