USDA's weekly export sales report will be out at 7:30 a.m. CDT, the same time as weekly U.S. jobless claims and an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. The U.S. Energy Department's weekly report of natural gas storage is set for 9:30 a.m., followed by U.S. existing home sales in March and an index of U.S. leading indicators at 10 a.m.
Weather
A system is moving through the middle of the country Thursday morning with a line of thunderstorms from Iowa to Oklahoma, more in the Great Lakes, and snow in the Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies. The system will continue to wind up over the middle of the country today, with a risk of severe storms from Illinois down through Texas. Winds across the Plains and Midwest will be breezy and more dust storms are possible for western Kansas. Temperatures are falling rapidly behind a cold front moving through.