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Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Retail sales for December is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a 0.1% decrease in retail sales.
• At 9:15 AM, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for December. The consensus is for a 0.3% increase in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to increase to 77.0%.
• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for January).
And on COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 62.7% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 208.2 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 782,765 | 587,722 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 128,222 | 95,853 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 1,729 | 1,263 | ≤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 positive tests reported.
The 7-day average for new cases and hospitalizations are at record levels.
Fortunately, deaths are still only half the previous 7-day average record of 3,421 per day in January 2021.
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