Friday: Industrial Production

Friday:
• At 9:15 AM ET, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for May. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 79.2%.

• At 10:00 AM, State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for May 2022

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
  Now Week
Ago
Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated 66.8% ≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions) 221.9 ≥2321
New Cases per Day3 102,750 109,841 ≤5,0002
Hospitalized3🚩 24,160 23,598 ≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3 265 326 ≤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 deaths reported.

New cases have quadrupled from the recent low.  

Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.