Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Q3 Flow of Funds

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET,: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 228 thousand initial claims, up from 222 thousand last week.

• At 12:00 PM, Q3 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States from the Federal Reserve.

COVID Metrics
  Today Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated 60.4% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions) 200.4 ≥2321
New Cases per Day3🚩 117,488 82,848 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3🚩 52,605 47,372 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3🚩 1,097 798 ≤502
1 Minimum to achieve “herd immunity” (estimated between 70% and 85%).
2my goals to stop daily posts,
37-day average for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths
🚩 Increasing 7-day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths
✅ Goal met.


COVID-19 Positive Tests per DayClick on graph for larger image.

This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of positive tests reported.