{
  "HubID": "5717",
  "Date": "01/18/2026",
  "HubTags": ["Future Map", "External Platform Posts"],
  "Contacts": ["contact1", "contact2"],
  "Companies": "",
  "File": "",
  "Image": "retail_sales_2026_01.jpg",
  "Summary": "This is real retail sales (adjusted for official inflation).  Slippage starting late last year. Does this return to trend this year?  Anyone's guess. So much in flux. I could easily see a boom economy emerging, although bifurcated where the top 10% continue to do well and the bottom 90% continue to slip.",
  "Notes": ""
}