The U.S. Commerce Department will report on February retail sales at 7:30 a.m. CDT Tuesday, followed by the Federal Reserve's report on February industrial production at 8:15 a.m. Traders will check the latest weather forecasts and see if any export sales news emerges.
Weather
Tuesday will feature a swath of rain in the southeastern U.S. along with periods of snow in the central and northern Plains and the Intermountain West. The system producing the western U.S. snow is indicated to be a rain and snow maker in the south-central U.S. Wednesday.