At 7:30 a.m. CST Wednesday, the U.S. Labor Department returns with a report of consumer prices for October, an ongoing concern in what is gradually becoming a post-pandemic era. At 9:30 a.m., the Department of Energy will release weekly energy inventories with much attention drawn to last week's levels of ethanol and crude oil production. The U.S. Treasury reports on the October budget deficit at 1 p.m.
Weather
A storm system is entering the Plains Wednesday and will move eastward with a line of showers and thunderstorms into the western Midwest later in the day. Moderate rain will slow the remaining harvest but the rain is skipping over the southwestern Plains. This area is extremely dry and winter wheat conditions continue to deteriorate here.