US Consumers have certainly taken notice of the gravity of the situation and changed attitudes and behaviors accordingly.
The first major increase in credit card spending (a 26% increase over the week prior) happened on February 27th, the day of US confirmed its first case of unknown transmission, driven by a 130% increase in Grocery and a 238% in Big Box spending.
On March 1st Governor Ron Desantis declared a public health emergency in the...