Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Durable Goods, Personal Income and Outlays, New Home Sales
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Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, the initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. Initial claims were 206 thousand last week.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, Durable Goods Orders for November.
• Also, at 8:30 AM, Personal Income and Outlays for November. The consensus is for a 0.2% increase in personal income, and for a 1.0% increase in personal spending.
• At 10:00 AM, New Home Sales for November from the Census Bureau. The consensus is 766 thousand sales SAAR.
• Also, at 10:00 AM, University of Michigan’s Consumer sentiment index (Final for December).
From CR on COVID (mostly focus on hospitalizations and deaths, although new cases are rising rapidly):
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | Week Ago |
Goal | ||
| Percent fully Vaccinated | 61.7% | — | ≥70.0%1 | |
| Fully Vaccinated (millions) | 204.8 | — | ≥2321 | |
| New Cases per Day3🚩 | 161,261 | 118,855 | ≤5,0002 | |
| Hospitalized3🚩 | 61,290 | 59,405 | ≤3,0002 | |
| Deaths per Day3🚩 | 1,223 | 1,112 | ≤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 cases reported.
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December 22, 2021 at 07:42PM
