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Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, the initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a decrease to 240 thousand from 248 thousand last week.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 2021 (Second estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 7.0% annualized in Q4, up from the advance estimate of 6.9%.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, Chicago Fed National Activity Index for January. This is a composite index of other data.
• At 10:00 AM, New Home Sales for January from the Census Bureau. The consensus is that new home sales decreased to 807 thousand SAAR, down from 811 thousand in December.
• At 11:00 AM, the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for February
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 64.8% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 215.1 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 79,539 | 133,392 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 56,222 | 77,791 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 1,602 | 2,096 | ≤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.
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