by Calculated Risk on 3/17/2022 08:54:00 PM

Thursday:
• At 10:00 AM: Existing Home Sales for February from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The consensus is for 6.16 million SAAR, down from 6.50 million. Housing economist Tom Lawler expects the NAR to report 5.97 million SAAR.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	65.3%	---	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	216.9	---	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	30,040	36,009	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	20,780	29,017	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	909	1,187	≤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.

New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are still declining.