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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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.