Friday:
• At 10:00 AM ET, Pending Home Sales Index for February. The consensus is for a 1.5% increase in the index.
• At 10:00 AM ET, Pending Home Sales Index for February. The consensus is for a 1.5% increase in the index.
• Also, at 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Final for March). The consensus is for a reading of 59.7.
• Also, at 10:00 AM, State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), February 2022
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 65.4% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 217.3 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 27,134 | 28,695 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 15,227 | 20,978 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 749 | 1,063 | ≤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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