Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a increase to 175 thousand from 166 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 increase to 175 thousand from 166 thousand last week.
• At 8:30 AM, Retail sales for March is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a 0.6% increase in retail sales.
• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for April).
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 65.8% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 218.5 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 29,401 | 26,563 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 9,674 | 10,590 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 452 | 517 | ≤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.
Hospitalizations and deaths are declining.
New cases are increasing.