Friday: Employment Report
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by Calculated Risk on 9/01/2022 09:00:00 PM
Friday:
o At 8:30 AM ET, Employment Report for August. The consensus is for 280,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 3.5%.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID MetricsNowWeekAgoGoalNew Cases per Day285,76191,773<=5,0001Hospitalized231,11433,384<=3,0001Deaths per Day2403426<=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.
? 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.