Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for an increase to 195 thousand from 187 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 an increase to 195 thousand from 187 thousand last week.
• Also at 8:30 AM, Personal Income and Outlays for February. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in personal income, and for a 0.5% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.4%.
• At 9:45 AM, Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for March. The consensus is for a reading of 56.6, up from 56.3 in February.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 65.5% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 217.6 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 25,218 | 26,682 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 12,625 | 16,043 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 644 | 755 | ≤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, hospitalizations and deaths are declining.