Utah’s consumer sentiment rose 6.2 points (8.4 percent) in December, another significant rise following a similar jump in November. The index rose from 73.6 in November to 79.8 in December, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment.

Americans as a whole did even better. A similar survey by the University of Michigan found that sentiment rose 13.7 percent across American — from 61.3 to 69.7.

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