Recovery tracker: Office visits slip; retail and recreation up a bit

Power generation & traffic point to limited activity than before

The recent gains in economic activity seemed to take a breather for the latest week.

Key indicators including power generation and office visits showed a dip after rising in previous weeks.

Office visits were more than three percentage points further away from normal, shows mobility data. Search engine Google uses anonymized location data to track visits to various categories of places. It helps analysts and policymakers track how people are moving during the pandemic. The data is released with a lag. The latest is as of August 23rd. Retail and recreation visits were slightly higher than the previous week. Transit