The Global Stress Thermometer 🌡️
The pulse of the world,
in a single number.
WorldTensionMeter combines real conflict data (ACLED), commodity markets, financial stress, and media sentiment into one daily score — a macro-risk thermometer for the global economy. Updated twice daily, free, no account required.
World Tension Meter
The Global Stress Thermometer — five independent signals combined into one 0–100 inflation risk score. Backed by real ACLED conflict data.
Gold & Silver Index
Separate real-time scores for gold and silver — safe-haven demand, price momentum and real yields.
Crypto Fear & Greed
Separate real-time scores for Bitcoin and Ethereum — sentiment, momentum, volatility and dominance.
News Pulse
World news ranked by geopolitical tension impact. Every story scored 0–100. Updated every 5 minutes.
Active Conflicts
22 active armed conflicts tracked worldwide. Severity, region, escalation status and WTM tension score per conflict.
Conflict Watchlist
Situations most likely to escalate — with direct links to inflation and global commodity markets.
Regional Tensions
WTM score broken down by world region — Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Americas.
Analysis & Insights
Data-driven articles on geopolitical risk, inflation, oil markets, and how to use the WTM score for real decisions.
Food Security Index
Wheat, corn and rice commodity stress — tracking how geopolitical disruption feeds into consumer food inflation globally.
Currency Stress Index
Dollar strength, DXY level, EM currency pressure — how geopolitical stress flows through foreign exchange markets.
Shipping Stress Index
Baltic Dry Index, Hormuz risk, Red Sea disruption — the global supply chain thermometer for trade inflation risk.
Sanctions Tracker
Global sanctions intensity — oil embargo pressure, dollar weaponisation and sanctioned country count as inflation risk signal.
Energy Security Index
Brent crude, natural gas price stress, oil volatility and gold-oil ratio — live energy supply risk as an inflation pressure indicator.
How to read the WTM score
How it works
Data collection
We pull from 8+ public data sources every day — conflict databases, commodity APIs, financial feeds, and news sources.
Scoring engine
Each signal is normalized to a 0–100 scale and weighted by its historical correlation with inflationary pressure.
Daily index
Scores are published every morning at 09:00 UTC. Historical data is stored so you can track trends over time.
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