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Tuesday:
• At 9:00 AM ET, FHFA House Price Index for November. This was originally a GSE only repeat sales, however there is also an expanded index.
• Also, at 9:00 AM, S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for November. The consensus is for a 18.0% year-over-year increase in the Comp 20 index.
• At 10:00 AM, Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for January.
• Also, at 10:00 AM, State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for December 2021
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 63.4% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 210.5 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 663,908 | 788,527 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 136,135 | 141,565 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 1,936 | 1,886 | ≤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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Click on graph for larger image.
This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of positive tests reported.
New cases are now declining.
Unfortunately, deaths are still rising, but well below the previous 7-day average record of 3,421 in January 2021.
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