Thursday: Unemployment Claims, ISM Mfg, Construction Spending, Vehicle Sales

Thursday: Unemployment Claims, ISM Mfg, Construction Spending, Vehicle Sales

by Calculated Risk on 8/31/2022 09:12:00 PM

Thursday:
o At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for an increase to 250 thousand from 243 thousand last week.

o At 10:00 AM, ISM Manufacturing Index for August. The consensus is for the ISM to be at 52,1, down from 52.8 in July.

o Also at 10:00 AM, Construction Spending for July. The consensus is for a 0.1% decrease in construction spending.

o Late, Light vehicle sales for August. The consensus is for light vehicle sales to be 13.6 million SAAR in August, up from 13.34 million in July (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate).

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID MetricsNowWeekAgoGoalNew Cases per Day288,28690,064<=5,0001Hospitalized231,51733,640<=3,0001Deaths per Day2383423<=5011my 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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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.

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