Walmart and other retailers are expected strike a more cautious tone and share more conservative outlooks for the year ahead.
XBB.1.5 made up 27.6% of sequenced Covid cases nationally for the week ending Jan. 7 compared to 18.3% for the week end Dec. 31.
The University of Michigan Survey of Consumers posted a 54.7 reading for November, down 8.7% from the previous month’s reading.