This chart from today's Early Look by Christian Drake shows a comp distortion created by the post-Omicron growth rebound in January 2023.
As can be seen in the Restaurant and Discretionary Retail traffic data below, the most comp-sensitive parts of the consumer economy have definitely not been able to clear that comp hurdle in January.
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