For the first time since the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment was established in 2020, the indicator of how Utahns are feeling about the economy performed worse that the nation as a whole. The index dropped 2.9 percent — from 80.3 to 78.

A similar survey by the University of Michigan found that sentiment increased by 3.1 percent among Americans overall during the same time (from 76.9 to 79.4). Both figures are within the margin of error of their Please log in to see the rest of this story.