COVID-19 in US – The decline in restaurant traffic

There are some sectors that will be hit hard over the next several months: hotels, airlines, restaurants, movie theaters, sporting events, and convention centers.   People will probably avoid these places as part of social distancing.

Here is some restaurant data from OpenTable:

This data shows the year-over-year change in diners as tabulated by OpenTable for the US, the states of Washington and New York, and a few impacted cities (Seattle, San Francisco, and Boston).

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story @ Calculated Risk: Update: Decline in Restaurant Traffic