Welcome to the Experian Thought Leadership Hub

Explore Experian's Q3 2026 U.S. economic outlook and scenarios forecasts.

• See GDP projections for 2026 and 2027.
  
• Understand the outlook for inflation and unemployment.
  
• Review expectations for Federal Reserve interest rates.
  
• Compare base-case, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios.

See how Experian’s Mortgage Loan Performance dataset on Snowflake helps teams quickly turn complex questions about mortgage portfolios into actionable insights. Explore how natural-language queries and ready-to-run analytics can support market sizing, credit risk, prepayment, escrow risk, and portfolio strategy.

Consumer financial behavior is changing between traditional lending checkpoints. See how continuous underwriting can improve visibility into risk and opportunity.

• Understand why Gen Z may be under-observed, not higher risk.
• See why secured-to-unsecured graduation merits closer monitoring.
• Explore a three-stage maturity model for signal-driven decisioning.

Learn how SBFE data and Experian's analytical capabilities help lenders drive growth and improve decisioning.

• 20M+ small businesses and 110M+ accounts are represented in SBFE data, giving lenders significantly broader credit visibility than internal data alone. 
• Nearly 40% of new commercial credit activity is coming from businesses less than 1 year old, highlighting the importance of building credit visibility early. 
• AI is a top priority for 50% of banking leaders, but the webinar stressed that AI success depends on high-quality, validated, and enriched data.

Learn how fraud teams can recognize scam activity earlier and strengthen prevention across the customer lifecycle.

• Explore five common scam types and their lifecycles 
• Identify behavioral, device and payment red flags 
• Understand how AI is changing scam tactics 
• Discover tools for detecting high-risk activity sooner

Prepare your portfolio before peak holiday spending with insights into changing consumer behavior, credit trends and risk signals.

• Understand how income divergence is reshaping portfolio risk.
• Learn how BNPL, AI and alternative data influence lending decisions.
• Identify strategies to grow wallet share while managing early delinquency risk.
• Prioritize actions before the holiday shopping season begins.

Learn how fraud teams can recognize scam activity earlier and strengthen prevention across the customer lifecycle.

• Explore five common scam types and their lifecycles 
• Identify behavioral, device and payment red flags 
• Understand how AI is changing scam tactics 
• Discover tools for detecting high-risk activity sooner 

Explore key trends shaping the U.S. labor market and how workers are faring in today's economy.

• Examine job creation, unemployment and wage growth
• Explore research on AI's labor market impact
• See how healthcare is driving employment growth

Prepare your checkout strategy for peak shopping season with practical guidance on balancing fraud prevention and customer experience.

• Learn how false declines affect revenue and loyalty.
• Explore layered identity and authentication strategies.
• Improve approvals while reducing unnecessary checkout friction.
• Review a retailer case study with measurable business outcomes.