Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, the initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 230 thousand down from 235 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 230 thousand down from 235 thousand last week.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, The Producer Price Index for June from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.8% increase in PPI, and a 0.5% increase in core PPI.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| New Cases per Day2🚩 | 123,365 | 108,028 | ≤5,0001 | |
| Hospitalized2🚩 | 31,993 | 28,720 | ≤3,0001 | |
| Deaths per Day2🚩 | 342 | 311 | ≤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.