Tracking the balance sheet behind the AI build-outArtificial Liabilities.

Alerts

Simple threshold rules. Each alert lists the exact data points that triggered it. These are flags, not predictions.

warningccc_oas_widening6 Oct 2026

US CCC & lower OAS moved +2.50 pp (250 bps) between 2026-07-07 and 2026-10-06. Borrowing costs for the riskiest companies rose 2 percentage points or more in about 3 months. They are usually the first to be cut off.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
US CCC & lower OAS7 Jul 20269.64%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US CCC & lower OAS6 Oct 202612.14%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
infogpu_list_price_cut30 Sept 2025

AWS Price List H200 141GB SXM on-demand (us-east-1) moved -25.4% between 2025-03-31 and 2025-09-30. An AWS GPU list price fell 15% or more in about 6 months. Newer chips can cause this, not only weak demand.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
AWS Price List H200 141GB SXM on-demand (us-east-1)31 Mar 2025$10.60/hrAWS Price List ↗
AWS Price List H200 141GB SXM on-demand (us-east-1)30 Sept 2025$7.91/hrAWS Price List ↗
infogpu_list_price_cut30 Jun 2025

AWS Price List H100 80GB SXM on-demand (us-east-1) moved -44.0% between 2024-11-30 and 2025-06-30. An AWS GPU list price fell 15% or more in about 6 months. Newer chips can cause this, not only weak demand.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
AWS Price List H100 80GB SXM on-demand (us-east-1)30 Nov 2024$12.29/hrAWS Price List ↗
AWS Price List H100 80GB SXM on-demand (us-east-1)30 Jun 2025$6.88/hrAWS Price List ↗
criticalmulti_indicator_deterioration8 Apr 2025

3 separate rules fired within 60 days: hy_oas_widening, ccc_oas_widening, bbb_oas_widening. Several separate borrowing-cost warnings fired within 60 days.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
US High Yield OAS7 Jan 20252.79%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US High Yield OAS8 Apr 20254.57%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US CCC & lower OAS7 Jan 20257.29%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US CCC & lower OAS8 Apr 202511.14%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US BBB corporate OAS7 Jan 20251.04%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US BBB corporate OAS8 Apr 20251.46%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
infobbb_oas_widening8 Apr 2025

US BBB corporate OAS moved +0.42 pp (42 bps) between 2025-01-07 and 2025-04-08. Borrowing costs for safer (BBB-rated) companies rose 0.4 percentage points or more in about 3 months. Stress is reaching mainstream borrowers.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
US BBB corporate OAS7 Jan 20251.04%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US BBB corporate OAS8 Apr 20251.46%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
warningccc_oas_widening8 Apr 2025

US CCC & lower OAS moved +3.85 pp (385 bps) between 2025-01-07 and 2025-04-08. Borrowing costs for the riskiest companies rose 2 percentage points or more in about 3 months. They are usually the first to be cut off.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
US CCC & lower OAS7 Jan 20257.29%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US CCC & lower OAS8 Apr 202511.14%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
criticalhy_oas_sharp_widening8 Apr 2025

US High Yield OAS moved +1.78 pp (178 bps) between 2025-01-07 and 2025-04-08. Junk-bond borrowing costs jumped 1.5 percentage points or more in about 3 months.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
US High Yield OAS7 Jan 20252.79%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US High Yield OAS8 Apr 20254.57%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
warninghy_oas_widening8 Apr 2025

US High Yield OAS moved +1.78 pp (178 bps) between 2025-01-07 and 2025-04-08. Junk-bond borrowing costs rose 0.75 percentage points or more in about 3 months.

ObservationPeriodValueSource
US High Yield OAS7 Jan 20252.79%FRED / ICE BofA ↗
US High Yield OAS8 Apr 20254.57%FRED / ICE BofA ↗