by Calculated Risk on 6/22/2022 08:13:00 PM
Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 225 thousand down from 229 thousand last week.
• At 10:00 AM, Testimony, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
• At 4:30 PM, The Fed will release the annual Bank Stress Tests results.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics NowWeek
AgoGoal Percent fully Vaccinated66.8%—≥70.0%1 Fully Vaccinated (millions)221.9—≥2321 New Cases per Day399,365103,646≤5,0002 Hospitalized3🚩24,47024,213≤3,0002 Deaths per Day3248295≤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.
Average daily
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