[
  {
    "topic": "Federal Reserve Policy",
    "sentiment": "dovish",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "mentions": 15,
    "notes": "Powell acknowledges rate cuts will resume despite some FOMC members doubting labor market weakness"
  },
  {
    "topic": "Consumer Recession",
    "sentiment": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.98,
    "mentions": 25,
    "notes": "Chipotle and Kraft Heinz report massive consumer pullback, worst sentiment in decades"
  },
  {
    "topic": "Labor Market Weakness",
    "sentiment": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "mentions": 18,
    "notes": "Job-finding expectations at 44.9 near-record low, unemployment hitting millennials and Gen Z hard"
  },
  {
    "topic": "Deflation Risk",
    "sentiment": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.9,
    "mentions": 8,
    "notes": "Companies cannot pass costs to consumers without volume collapse, indicating deflationary pressure"
  },
  {
    "topic": "Holiday Spending",
    "sentiment": "bearish",
    "confidence": 0.92,
    "mentions": 6,
    "notes": "Conference Board projects 3.9% decline in gift spending, 12% decline in non-gift spending, seasonal hiring down 75%"
  },
  {
    "topic": "Stock Market Divergence",
    "sentiment": "neutral",
    "confidence": 0.85,
    "mentions": 5,
    "notes": "Stocks soaring while consumer confidence remains depressed, creating dangerous disconnect from economic reality"
  }
]