Following several months of marginal increases, the measure of Utah’s consumer sentiment fell 3.5 percent in February, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. The institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment dropped to 88.1 in February from 91.3 in January.
A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan measured a more significant decline in sentiment among Americans as a whole during the same time — from 71.7 to 64.7 or a 9.8 percent decline.
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