Markets
7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday is a busy time again with weekly grain export sales, weekly U.S. jobless claims, the U.S. Drought Monitor, and reports on U.S. retail sales and productivity all coming out at the same time. U.S. industrial production is at 8:15 a.m., followed by natural gas inventory at 9:30 a.m. and NOPA's soybean crush estimate for July later in the morning. NOAA will also update 30- and 90-day forecasts Thursday, offering a glimpse of fall conditions.
Weather
Thursday features shower and thunderstorm activity in the central and Northern Plains, with moderate to locally heavy totals. We'll also see light rain in the Great Lakes and dry conditions elsewhere.
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