CLI_PROCESS: CRITICAL_ERROR: consumer_sentiment.js - EXPECTED_POSITIVE_FEEDBACK; RECEIVED_DOOM
SUMMARY
WARN: User confidence index 'consumer_sentiment' reported critical error. System experiencing unexpected negative feedback loop despite positive GDP patch. Investigate immediately.
DETAILS
1. Command
$ npx news market-sentiment --debug-level=CRITICAL --force-read
2. Output
INFO: Initializing market sentiment analysis module...
INFO: Fetching latest economic indicators for December 2025.
WARN: Consumer confidence index (CCI) registered 3.8 points lower, reaching 89.1. This marks the fifth consecutive month of decline.
DEBUG: Looks like the 'Happy Holidays' script encountered a segmentation fault.
INFO: Sub-indices for current business and labor market conditions also observed a notable drop compared to November.
WARN: Short-term economic outlook remains below recession-signaling levels for the 11th month in a row.
ERROR: Economists at The Conference Board are reporting that "consumers are feeling worse and worse," even amidst peak holiday shopping season.
"I think that is telling us that we should not be overexcited about the GDP numbers."
— Yelena Shulyatyeva, Senior US Economist, The Conference Board
INFO: Despite the consumer pessimism, Q3 GDP increased at a 4.3% annualized rate, slightly exceeding expectations, driven by robust consumer spending.
DEBUG: Classic 'lagged data vs. real-time sentiment' async issue. Story of my life.
ERROR: However, Q3 momentum is already fading due to rising cost of living and a recent government shutdown.
WARN: Unemployment rate currently stands at a four-year high. Inflation, however, shows some signs of cooling at 2.7% annual rate.
INFO: University of Michigan's sentiment data corroborates the downbeat outlook, with most consumers expecting unemployment to rise.
DEBUG: System exit with non-zero code. Human optimism module not found.
3. Stacktrace (If This News Were Code)
FATAL_ERROR: UncaughtEconomicDownturnException: Expected positive feedback loop; received doom.
at ConsumerSentiment.update(src/economy/marketIndicators.js:24:18)
at HolidayShopping.processTransactions(src/financial/retailModule.js:102:7)
at GDP_Calculation.finalize(src/government/fiscalPolicy.js:55:3)
at MainApplication.run(app.js:15:1)
Cause: User perception (client-side) did not align with server-side GDP metrics. Likely a caching issue or systemic distrust of future promises. Segmentation fault? Unexpected behavior? Panic!
What went wrong? The consumerConfidence variable hit an unexpected low, triggering a series of cascading negative sentiment events. It appears the inflationCooling function isn't resolving fast enough to counteract the costOfLiving impact and the lingering governmentShutdownPenalty. The unemploymentRate is also an unhandled exception that's causing critical errors in the 'Future Outlook' module. Typical resource contention.
4. Patch Notes
- Fixed:Nothing. Still processing.- Added:Increased complexity to 'Cost of Living' algorithm.- Updated:Consumer confidence index (CCI) to reflect five-month downward trend.- Reverted:Any hopes for a buoyant Q4.- WARN:recessionProbabilityflag remains HIGH for 11 consecutive cycles.- DEBUG:Humans remain consistently perplexed by contradictory economic signals. Further diagnostics needed.