USDA's weekly export sales report is due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, along with weekly U.S. jobless claims, a report of U.S. productivity in the third quarter, the September trade deficit and an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Energy Department's report on natural gas storage is due out at 9:30 a.m. CDT.
Weather
A dome of high pressure will keep much of the country mild and dry on Thursday, though temperatures are moderating from where they were earlier this week in the Plains. Showers will move through the Pacific Northwest as another wave of moisture is pushed through the region from a trough that continues to spin over the Pacific.