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Stock futures were flat ahead of the Federal Reserve’s latest projections, which could provide cues on when policymakers may begin to dial back support for the economy. The Fed is also slated to release new forecasts and could pencil in an initial rate hike for 2023. Fed expected to signal start of monetary policy shift debate - Reuters The Fed is heavily favored to stay the course with easy policies through 2021 - CNBC “Any signal that the Federal Reserve will tighten policy on Wednesday could ripple across emerging markets that are dependent on the U.S. dollar. Prime among them is Turkey.” - @WSJmarkets A new study offers evidence that seven people in five states may have been infected with coronavirus well before the first confirmed cases appeared in those states. The results are consistent with those of another study that identified coronavirus antibodies in blood donated as early as mid-December 2019. Still, some experts caution the new study is flawed and may simply be a methodological error. How prior coronavirus infections factor into herd immunity - Axios Coronavirus map: Tracking cases in the US and around the world - The Washington Post NIH researchers find more evidence Covid was circulating in the US in December 2019 - CNN As the U.S. COVID-related death toll reached more than 600,000, over half of the country’s population has received at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine. For the medically vulnerable, studies continue to seek to understand how the vaccines will affect people with immune disorders, cancer and transplants. A new study suggests a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine may boost protection for some people with weakened immune systems. ‘This gives hope’: A third COVID-19 vaccine dose can boost protection for organ transplant recipients - Science US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll - The Associated Press CDC Has Declared Coronavirus Delta Variant A 'Variant Of Concern' - NPR Fresh scrutiny from the Biden administration and calls for greater candor