Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
Trump's tariff policies triggered renewed inflation concerns, with consumer sentiment hitting a rougher patch amid focus on tariff impacts.
Tariff policy represents executive economic authority with modest constitutional implications. Separation score 1 reflects standard executive trade powers without overreach. Capture score 2 reflects potential industry influence on tariff decisions. Policy_change mechanism adds 15% modifier, federal scope adds 20%. Total A-score 6.9 well below threshold. B-score elevated by media-friendly economic anxiety narrative (outrage_bait:3, media_friendliness:4) and timing around consumer sentiment reports. Layer 2 shows pattern_match:3 for recurring tariff-inflation narratives. However, B-score 22.8 also below threshold. This is routine economic policy debate without constitutional damage mechanism or extraordinary hype - classic noise event representing normal policy discourse and predictable economic cycle coverage.
Monitor for actual constitutional overreach in tariff implementation (e.g., emergency powers abuse, congressional authority bypass) rather than routine policy impacts. Track if tariff policy becomes vehicle for institutional capture or rule of law violations.