1. Command

$ npx news job-market-meltdown --verbose --debug-level=extreme

2. Output

INFO: Initializing job market diagnostics...

INFO: For December 2025, the system detected 50,000 new job entities. The status is currently nominal, but with significant caveats.

WARN: Critical data integrity issue: Previous October and November job data have been retroactively downgraded by a staggering -76,000 units. This suggests significant recalculation errors and potential data corruption. (Source: Labor Department)

ERROR: Annual job growth for the entire year 2025 registered at only 584,000 jobs. This is a sharp contrast to the 2,000,000 new jobs recorded in 2024.

"An anomaly detected: Delta = -1,416,000."

This represents the weakest annual performance since the initial instability of the pandemic era in 2020. The system appears to be in a 'slump' state, requiring urgent intervention.

DEBUG: User should consider manual intervention to stabilize the 'Economy' module. Current automatic recovery protocols are showing limited efficacy, indicating a deeper problem.

INFO: Sector Scan Results: 'HealthCare' and 'Hospitality' modules show positive job additions, maintaining operational status. These sectors appear somewhat resilient to the broader slowdown.

WARN: The 'Retail' sector unexpectedly shed jobs during the peak holiday shopping season. This is a significant logic error; expected behavior was increased seasonal hiring. (Source: Labor Department)

ERROR: The 'Manufacturing' module reported a loss of -8,000 jobs in December, extending its continuous decline for the tenth consecutive month. The primary contributing factor appears to be the 'Presidential_Tariffs' policy, creating significant headwinds.

DEBUG: A quoted factory manager provided crucial feedback:

"Morale is very low across manufacturing in general,"

and noted that

"The cost of living is very high, and component costs are increasing with folks citing tariffs and other price increases."

This strongly suggests a 'broken_economy_exception' originating from supply chain and policy interactions.

INFO: The 'Federal_Government' module added 2,000 jobs in December. However, the net change for 2025 is a substantial -277,000 jobs due to earlier 'buyout' processes. Status: Net_Negative_Yearly, indicating a significant reduction in public sector employment.

WARN: Worker_Confidence_Index: An elevated level of 'job loss' anxiety has been detected among current employees. Concurrently, 'new job acquisition' confidence has significantly degraded. (Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York Survey)

DEBUG: This low turnover rate is creating a 'deadlock' scenario for new market entrants. The Young_Developers.js process is currently stuck in a 'waiting for semaphore' state, unable to acquire necessary resources for growth.

INFO: Monetary Policy Response: The Federal Reserve executed its third benchmark interest rate cut since September, doing so again in December. This is an attempt to inject liquidity and stimulate economic activity. (Source: Federal Reserve)

3. Stacktrace (If This News Were Code)

ERROR: Uncaught JobMarketException: System encountered an unexpected slowdown due to policy conflicts and reduced confidence.

• at Economy.initiateGrowth(2025.js:15:3)
• at JobCreationModule.processMonthlyData(december_2025.js:42:12)
• at TariffImpactSensor.detectNegativeFeedback(trade_policy.js:189:7)
• at UnemploymentRateMonitor.calculateStability(metrics.js:77:21)
• at MainThread.runEconomySimulation(main.js:5:1)

Caused by: InefficientPolicyError: Manufacturing sector experiencing tariff-induced component cost inflation, leading to systemic instability.

• at PolicyEngine.applyTariffs(policy_config.xml:L23-30)
• at President.executeEconomicPlan(oval_office_suite.py:301:4)

Segmentation fault? Unexpected behavior? Panic! The 'job_market_growth' function returned null, indicating a complete failure to meet expected targets and severe operational issues.

4. Patch Notes

• - Fixed: Nothing. Growth rates are still declining significantly since 2024, indicating persistent systemic issues requiring deeper debugging.
• - Added: Increased anxiety levels among current jobholders. A new 'reluctance_to_quit' metric has been observed at record highs, impacting labor market fluidity.
• - Improved: Federal Reserve's rate-cutting algorithm has been deployed in a more aggressive version 3.0. Further observation and system stabilization required.
• - Refactored: The 'Retail_Holiday_Boom' module failed to execute as expected. Investigate underlying logic for consumer spending patterns and seasonal adjustments, as current logic is flawed.
• - Regression: The Manufacturing sector continues its negative job growth trajectory, primarily due to persistent 'tariff' dependency. Escalating component costs are a critical, unresolved factor.
• - Known Issue: Entry-level job opportunities remain stuck in a 'waiting_for_previous_process_to_exit' state, exacerbating youth unemployment concerns.