The U.S. Labor Department's producer price index for February will be out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the same time as a report on February U.S. retail sales. The U.S. Energy Department's weekly report of energy inventories is due out at 9:30 a.m., followed later Wednesday morning by February soybean crush estimates from the National Oilseeds Processors Association.
Weather
Colder temperatures settled into the southeastern states Wednesday morning, with widespread areas below freezing for the first time in a long time. Another storm system was working through the West, but outside of some breezy winds in the Southern Plains and some snow across the far Northern Plains, will be relatively quiet east of the Rockies today. That storm system in the West will bring more widespread precipitation through the Plains late Wednesday night and Thursday, heading eastward to close out the week.