Utah’s consumer sentiment increased again as 2024 came to an end, jumping 3.6 percent, from 88.1 in November to 91.3 in December, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment.

A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan found a slightly smaller change (3.1 percent increase) in sentiment among Americans as a whole during December — from 71.8 to 74.

“This latest month marks the highest level of consumer sentiment among Utah residents in over three years,” said Phil Dean, chief economist at the Gardner Institute. “It also represents the largest disparity between Please log in to see the rest of this story.