My February Employment Preview
Goldman February Payrolls Preview
Friday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Employment Report for February. The consensus is for 400,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to decrease to 3.9%.
On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):
COVID Metrics NowWeek
AgoGoal Percent fully Vaccinated65.0%—≥70.0%1 Fully Vaccinated (millions)215.9—≥2321 New Cases per Day353,01674,143≤5,0002 Hospitalized338,17554,307≤3,0002 Deaths per Day31,5581,711≤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.
Click on graph for larger image.
This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.
New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are declining.
