Situational Awareness

Dashboard Product: Situational Awareness Technical Brief - MW42 Reporting period: May 1-31, 2026 Scope: Situational awareness with U.S. household-resilience implications Overall watch level: Elevated Overall confidence: Moderate Bottom line: May 2026 supports an Elevated MW42 watch. No single trigger indicates near-term nationwide U.S. breakdown, but several pressures are active at the same time: global conflict-to-food-cost transmission, U.S. food affordability, household de