Consumer sentiment tepid in U.S. South as COVID-19 cases spike

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Consumers in southern U.S. states where COVID-19 infections spiked to record levels after authorities rushed to reopen businesses were less optimistic about economic conditions in June than residents in areas that proceeded more cautiously and followed the advice of health experts.

FILE PHOTO: Customers ride an escalator at The Galleria shopping mall after it opened during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Houston Texas, U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday ordered bars to close down again and restaurants to scale back service. “The early reopening of the economy has undoubtedly restored jobs and incomes, but it has come at the probable cost of an uptick in the spread of the virus.” In contrast, sentiment among residents in the Northeast soared by a record 19.1 points this month. State and local governments in the Northeast are gradually reopening their economies while monitoring COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.

 

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Sympathy to all who suffer. But, spike how? Report the statistics clearly; no “double counting” positive test results. Surge hospitalizations or deaths? What percentage?

The south will rise again!!! In coronavirus cases that is..

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