Machine Learning Enabled Early Warning System For Financial Distress Using Real-Time Digital Signals

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Autori principali: pant, Laxmi, Reza, Syed Ali, Rahman, Md Khalilor, Rahman, MD Saifur, Sharmin, Shamima, Mithu, Md Fazlul Huq, Hasnain, Kazi Nehal, Farabi, Adnan, khanom, Mahamuda, Kabir, Raisul
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author pant, Laxmi
Reza, Syed Ali
Rahman, Md Khalilor
Rahman, MD Saifur
Sharmin, Shamima
Mithu, Md Fazlul Huq
Hasnain, Kazi Nehal
Farabi, Adnan
khanom, Mahamuda
Kabir, Raisul
author_facet pant, Laxmi
Reza, Syed Ali
Rahman, Md Khalilor
Rahman, MD Saifur
Sharmin, Shamima
Mithu, Md Fazlul Huq
Hasnain, Kazi Nehal
Farabi, Adnan
khanom, Mahamuda
Kabir, Raisul
contents The growing instability of both global and domestic economic environments has increased the risk of financial distress at the household level. However, traditional econometric models often rely on delayed and aggregated data, limiting their effectiveness. This study introduces a machine learning-based early warning system that utilizes real-time digital and macroeconomic signals to identify financial distress in near real-time. Using a panel dataset of 750 households tracked over three monitoring rounds spanning 13 months, the framework combines socioeconomic attributes, macroeconomic indicators (such as GDP growth, inflation, and foreign exchange fluctuations), and digital economy measures (including ICT demand and market volatility). Through data preprocessing and feature engineering, we introduce lagged variables, volatility measures, and interaction terms to capture both gradual and sudden changes in financial stability. We benchmark baseline classifiers, such as logistic regression and decision trees, against advanced ensemble models including random forests, XGBoost, and LightGBM. Our results indicate that the engineered features from the digital economy significantly enhance predictive accuracy. The system performs reliably for both binary distress detection and multi-class severity classification, with SHAP-based explanations identifying inflation volatility and ICT demand as key predictors. Crucially, the framework is designed for scalable deployment in national agencies and low-bandwidth regional offices, ensuring it is accessible for policymakers and practitioners. By implementing machine learning in a transparent and interpretable manner, this study demonstrates the feasibility and impact of providing near-real-time early warnings of financial distress. This offers actionable insights that can strengthen household resilience and guide preemptive intervention strategies.
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spellingShingle Machine Learning Enabled Early Warning System For Financial Distress Using Real-Time Digital Signals
pant, Laxmi
Reza, Syed Ali
Rahman, Md Khalilor
Rahman, MD Saifur
Sharmin, Shamima
Mithu, Md Fazlul Huq
Hasnain, Kazi Nehal
Farabi, Adnan
khanom, Mahamuda
Kabir, Raisul
Machine Learning
Computers and Society
The growing instability of both global and domestic economic environments has increased the risk of financial distress at the household level. However, traditional econometric models often rely on delayed and aggregated data, limiting their effectiveness. This study introduces a machine learning-based early warning system that utilizes real-time digital and macroeconomic signals to identify financial distress in near real-time. Using a panel dataset of 750 households tracked over three monitoring rounds spanning 13 months, the framework combines socioeconomic attributes, macroeconomic indicators (such as GDP growth, inflation, and foreign exchange fluctuations), and digital economy measures (including ICT demand and market volatility). Through data preprocessing and feature engineering, we introduce lagged variables, volatility measures, and interaction terms to capture both gradual and sudden changes in financial stability. We benchmark baseline classifiers, such as logistic regression and decision trees, against advanced ensemble models including random forests, XGBoost, and LightGBM. Our results indicate that the engineered features from the digital economy significantly enhance predictive accuracy. The system performs reliably for both binary distress detection and multi-class severity classification, with SHAP-based explanations identifying inflation volatility and ICT demand as key predictors. Crucially, the framework is designed for scalable deployment in national agencies and low-bandwidth regional offices, ensuring it is accessible for policymakers and practitioners. By implementing machine learning in a transparent and interpretable manner, this study demonstrates the feasibility and impact of providing near-real-time early warnings of financial distress. This offers actionable insights that can strengthen household resilience and guide preemptive intervention strategies.
title Machine Learning Enabled Early Warning System For Financial Distress Using Real-Time Digital Signals
topic Machine Learning
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22287