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Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for an increase to 218 thousand from 213 thousand last week.
• At 11:00 AM, the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey for September.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics NowWeek
AgoGoal New Cases per Day255,33260,783≤5,0001 Hospitalized225,40628,571≤3,0001 Deaths per Day2356381≤501 1my goals to stop daily posts,
27-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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AgoGoal New Cases per Day255,33260,783≤5,0001 Hospitalized225,40628,571≤3,0001 Deaths per Day2356381≤501 1my goals to stop daily posts,
27-day average for Cases, Currently Hospitalized, and Deaths
🚩 Increasing 7-day average week-over-week for Cases, Hospitalized, and Deaths
✅ Goal met.
Click on graph for larger image.
This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
NOTE: Cases have declined by more than half, and deaths lag cases – so we might see average daily deaths in the 200s soon (good news, but still too high).
Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.
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