AMAZONOMICS / RESEARCH
Expanded Basket   /   Version 2.0

Economic Signals

An exploratory read on consumer pressure, combining your original basket and the new labor, housing, durables, travel, and trade-down indicators.

Latest full month
August 2026Amazonomics snapshot · 26 Sep 2026
Combined search-pressure score
54.2
/100

Higher means more pressure under the basket's assumptions
0455570100
LowerMixedElevatedHigh
Recent-month lens

Compared with the median of the previous six months.

Year-ago lens

Compared with the same calendar month one year earlier.

Illustrative bands, not a measured hardship rate or a recession probability. The year-ago comparison is not formal seasonal adjustment.

A rebuilt model, not a continuation of the old 85. The basket and scoring method have changed. Amazonomics supplies keyword ranks, not sales or search volumes; lower numerical rank means greater relative search prominence.

01Five pillars of consumer pressure

Each pillar · 20% weight

Source directions are retained as hypotheses, not validated economic relationships. Select a pillar to inspect its history. Related brand and generic queries share a family weight.

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Lower <45Mixed 45–<55Elevated 55–<70High 70+Recent-only monthYear-ago lens (overlay)

02What contributes to the reading

August 2026 · Composite

Family contributions to the latest composite's deviation from neutral (50). These are weighted index points, not month-on-month changes, sales changes, or evidence of causation.

Pushing the score higher

Largest positive contributions to search pressure

Offsetting the pressure

Largest negative contributions to search pressure

03Every item. Every mapping.

All 201 source entries are preserved in 193 combined rows. Open an item for its source names, exact query, mapping caveats, and full monthly history. Raw rank is across Amazon keywords, not a proprietary 1–193 basket ranking.

Rank ↑ = improved position  · 
Item / Amazonomics queryRole / pillarAug 2026
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Aug 2025
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C: stronger rank raises modeled stress. E: weaker rank raises modeled stress. A: ambiguous. Context-only, conflicting, or incomplete series receive zero headline weight. Missing rank is not zero demand.