For a second consecutive Thursday, USDA will not issue a weekly export sales report due to technical difficulties and does not expect to have data available until Sept. 15. U.S. weekly jobless claims are due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT, the same time as a report on U.S. productivity in the second quarter and we get an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Institute of Supply Management's index of U.S. manufacturing is due out at 9 a.m., followed by the Energy Department's weekly natural gas storage report at 9:30 a.m.
Weather
While there may be some isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms across the far South on Thursday, much of the rest of the country should be relatively quiet. That comes with a caveat as a small low-pressure center developed from Wednesday's storms in Nebraska and will move east through Iowa. There is some potential for showers and thunderstorms to develop with this feature Thursday. Otherwise, above-normal temperatures are forecast for many areas today as well, with near triple digits in the Northern Plains.