Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
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• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
• At 8:30 AM, Durable Goods Orders for July from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in durable goods orders.
• At 10:00 AM, Pending Home Sales Index for July. The consensus is for a 3.8% decrease in the index.
• Also at 10:00 AM, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release the 2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data.
• During the day, The AIA’s Architecture Billings Index for July (a leading indicator for commercial real estate).
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics | ||||
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Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
New Cases per Day2 | 89,580 | 101,176 | ≤5,0001 | |
Hospitalized2 | 33,379 | 35,761 | ≤3,0001 | |
Deaths per Day2 | 387 | 443 | ≤501 | |
1my goals to stop daily posts, 27-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.
Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.