Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 265 thousand up from 262 thousand last week.
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 265 thousand up from 262 thousand last week.
• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for August. The consensus is for a reading of -5.0, up from -12.3.
• At 10:00 AM, Existing Home Sales for July from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 4.88 million SAAR, down from 5.12 million last month.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
Hospitalizations have almost quadrupled from the lows in April 2022.
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| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| New Cases per Day2 | 98,940 | 107,899 | ≤5,0001 | |
| Hospitalized2 | 35,139 | 37,092 | ≤3,0001 | |
| Deaths per Day2 | 398 | 426 | ≤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.