The consumer has been the economy's last reliable thrill ride, and now it's starting to coast. December retail sales flatlined, a quiet but loaded signal that shoppers are no longer panic-buying, revenge-spending, or swiping first and thinking later. If retail is the canary in the macro coal mine, it didn't drop dead - but it definitely stopped singing.

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