Friday: February Employment Report

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
 
Now
Week
Ago
Goal

Percent fully Vaccinated
65.0%
—
≥70.0%1

Fully Vaccinated (millions)
215.9
—
≥2321

New Cases per Day3

53,016
74,143
≤5,0002

Hospitalized3

38,175
54,307
≤3,0002

Deaths per Day3

1,558
1,711
≤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.