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Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Personal Income and Outlays for January. The consensus is for a 0.3% decrease in personal income, and for a 1.5% increase in personal spending. And for the Core PCE price index to increase 0.5%.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, Durable Goods Orders for January from the Census Bureau. The consensus is for a 0.7% increase in durable goods orders.
• At 10:00 AM, Pending Home Sales Index for January. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in the index.
• Also, at 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Final for February). The consensus is for a reading of 61.7.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 64.8% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 215.3 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3 | 75,208 | 120,760 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3 | 53,987 | 74,353 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3 | 1,674 | 2,062 | ≤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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