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Monday, July 18, 2022

Tuesday: Housing Starts

by Calculated Risk on 7/18/2022 09:18:00 PM

Mortgage Rates Tuesday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, Housing Starts for June. The consensus is for 1.586 million SAAR, up from 1.549 million SAAR in May.

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):


Hospitalizations have almost quadrupled from the lows in April 2022.

COVID Metrics
 NowWeek
Ago
Goal
New Cases per Day2🚩122,639110,404≤5,0001
Hospitalized2🚩31,46331,169≤3,0001
Deaths per Day2🚩336320≤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.

COVID-19 Positive Tests per DayClick 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.