by Calculated Risk on 3/10/2022 09:15:00 PM

From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Sorry... Mortgage Rates Definitely Aren't Still Under 4%

The average lender is now definitively up and over 4.25% for the first time since early 2019. In other words, today's rates are the highest in almost 3 years. [30 year fixed 4.28%]
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Friday:
• At 10:00 AM, University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for March).

On COVID (focus on hospitalizations and deaths):

COVID Metrics
	Now	Week Ago	Goal
Percent fully Vaccinated	65.2%	---	≥70.0%1
Fully Vaccinated (millions)	216.4	---	≥2321
New Cases per Day3	37,146	52,155	≤5,0002
Hospitalized3	26,655	38,581	≤3,0002
Deaths per Day3	1,179	1,572	≤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.

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This graph shows the daily (columns) and 7-day average (line) of deaths reported.

New cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now declining.