Growth

Consumer Agent

Tracks consumer sentiment, retail sales, spending, and job postings.

Utility

This agent must be runnable on its own and must produce evidence that supports a decision, an avoidance, or a confidence change.

Decisions Supported

consumer cyclicalsigrowth riski

Questions Answered

Is the consumer healthy?i

Data Sources

Yahoo consumer proxy basketiFRED UMCSENTiFRED RSAFSiFRED PCEi

Current Run Market Data

Label	Symbol	Group	Price	Change	Change %	Status
XLY	XLY	consumer_etf	114.44	-0.47	-0.40%	live
XLP	XLP	consumer_etf	84.05	-0.53	-0.63%	live
XRT	XRT	consumer_etf	85.67	-1.92	-2.19%	live

Computed Signal

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
consumer_proxy_score	34.7	weak	100%	Yahoo live proxy data	2026-09-08T16:45:42+00:00

Declared And Target Feeds

Source	Status	Current Run Data
Yahoo consumer proxy basket	current run	3/3 observed rows attached below.
FRED UMCSENT	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.
FRED RSAFS	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.
FRED PCE	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.

Live Status

Consumer proxies: XLY -0.40%, XLP -0.63%, XRT -2.19%.

Score

Warnings

• Consumer risk appetite is lagging staples or retail is weak.

Signals

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
consumer_proxy_score	34.7	weak	100%	Yahoo live proxy data	2026-09-08T16:45:42+00:00