Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, the initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a decrease to 235 thousand from 238 thousand last week.
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• At 8:30 AM ET, the initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a decrease to 235 thousand from 238 thousand last week.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, The Consumer Price Index for January from the BLS. The consensus is for 0.5% increase in CPI, and a 0.5% increase in core CPI.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 64.2% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 213.2 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 230,602 | 413,730 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 102,695 | 128,366 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 2,303 | 2,402 | ≤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. |
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This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of positive tests reported.
New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now declining.