Markets
At 7:15 a.m. CDT, the ADP report of U.S. private employment in September will give a clue about Friday's non-farm payrolls report from the Labor Department. An index of pending home sales is due out at 9:00 a.m., followed by the Energy Department's weekly inventory report at 9:30 a.m., including ethanol. At 11 a.m. CDT, USDA will release its quarterly report of Sept. 1 Grain Stocks and Small Grains Summary.
Weather
Showers will be isolated and limited to the Great Lakes region, where delays in harvest of corn and soybeans will be possible. Other areas will remain dry with good weather for fieldwork.