Chinese Flu Watch -- Metrics To Follow -- January 20, 2021

Metrics to follow: vaccinations, cases. 

Leading indicator, 100% in the hands of the administration:

Lagging indicator, many, many variables:

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All Metrics

Easy metrics to follow:

• China flu:
• cases / million / trend
• vaccinations given
• in round numbers, on day of inauguration:
• total doses distributed: 40 million
• total number of doses given: 17 million
• three major indices; all three set all-time records on day he was inaugurated; closing:
• Dow: 31,188
  
• S&P 500: 3,852
  
• NASDAQ: 13,457
  
• atmospheric CO2:
• December, 2020: 413.95
• price of gasoline, using EIA data at this link:
• 1/18/21: $2.464 / gallon
• MacDonald's, as tracked at this link:
• Big Mac: $3.99
• Misc
  

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