In a move seemingly tied to the results of the November election, Utah’s consumer sentiment took its largest monthly jump in many months and the second-largest since November 2020. The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment jumped from 80.7 to 88.1, a 9.1 percent increase from October.

Meanwhile, a similar survey by the University of Michigan that measures consumer sentiment nationwide, found a much smaller change — 1.8 percent increase — in sentiment among Americans during the same time. That index rose to Please log in to see the rest of this story.