As states reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts are looking to consumer spending as an indicator of a return to normalcy.  But consumers need to both be safe and feel safe for nonessential activities and spending to resume.  Kenan Institute Director of Research and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor Christian Lundblad spoke with WABC 11 News about this phenomenon, and how the institute is tracking it through a new data dashboard.

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