Utah’s consumer sentiment decreased by 1.3 percent in February to 80.3, according results of the Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment released by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. However, the institute noted that the decrease was not deemed statistically significant.

A similar survey by the University of Michigan found that sentiment declined 2.7 percent among Americans as a whole during the same time.

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