RSS Feed by Calculated Risk on 7/20/2022 09:39:00 PM
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg
Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for 235 thousand down from 244 thousand last week.
• Also at 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for July. The consensus is for a reading of 5.5, up from -3.1.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
Hospitalizations have almost quadrupled from the lows in April 2022.
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This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
| COVID Metrics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Week Ago | Goal | ||
| New Cases per Day2🚩 | 126,018 | 123,525 | ≤5,0001 | |
| Hospitalized2🚩 | 34,511 | 32,288 | ≤3,0001 | |
| Deaths per Day2 | 353 | 366 | ≤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.
Average daily deaths bottomed in July 2021 at 214 per day.
