People decided to save and keep the money they had for the most part because they were either on CERB or working limited hours and having trouble making ends meet. The assumption that people would not hoard and keep as much money to themselves during this unknown time should not have been a surprise. As we all experienced only essential services were open not a lot of room to make poor financial choices with money.

Do you think that we would approach closing businesses differently if a pandemic would hit again?

 

Please provide IN-TEXT Citations as well as credible references with the response.