Friday: Personal Income and Outlays, Durable Goods, Pending Home Sales

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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.


COVID-19 Positive Tests per DayClick on graph for larger image.

This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.

New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now declining.  

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