As the Biden administration stepped up its vaccination drive in the wake of a resurgence of the COVID pandemic, driven by the Delta variant, half of the U.S. population have been fully vaccinated by the weekend.
A record number of more than 800,000 vaccine shots were being administered per day in the country in the last week. Out of 166.4 million people who were inoculated in the county in the last seven months, more than 3.2 million Americans were administered the vaccines over the past seven days.
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April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.