Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
U.S. stock markets decline amid concerns about Trump tariff policies and inflation impacts. Consumer sentiment and employment reports also contribute to market weakness.
This event represents routine market volatility reporting with no constitutional damage mechanism. While tariff policy changes could theoretically trigger constitutional concerns through executive overreach or regulatory capture, this event describes only market reactions to policy speculation and economic indicators (consumer sentiment, employment). No actual constitutional mechanism is engaged - no election interference, no rule of law violation, no separation of powers breach, no civil rights impact. The A-score is 0 across all drivers. The B-score reflects moderate media hype (Layer1: 10/20 = 50%, weighted 5.5) around fear-based market reporting, with strategic distraction elements (Layer2: 10/20 = 50%, weighted 5.85 after intentionality modulation) from repetitive tariff fear cycles. Final B-score of 18.2 falls below the 25 threshold. With A<25, no constitutional mechanism, and clear noise indicators (routine market reporting, speculative economic fears, cyclical narrative), this classifies as Noise.
Monitor for actual tariff implementation with constitutional overreach indicators (unilateral executive action bypassing Congress, discriminatory application, due process violations). Current event is routine economic news cycle noise without constitutional dimension.