Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 210 thousand up from 200 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 210 thousand up from 200 thousand last week.
• At 12:00 PM, Q1 Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States from the Federal Reserve.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
Percent fully Vaccinated | 66.7% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 221.6 | — | ≥2321 | |
New Cases per Day3🚩 | 104,511 | 103,774 | ≤5,0002 | |
Hospitalized3🚩 | 23,230 | 21,425 | ≤3,0002 | |
Deaths per Day3🚩 | 291 | 275 | ≤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 deaths reported.
New cases have quadrupled from the recent low.
Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.