USDA's weekly export sales will be out at 7:30 a.m. CST, the same time as weekly U.S. jobless claims, the U.S. trade deficit and an update of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Fed Chairman Powell speaks to the Senate Thursday and the Energy Department's weekly natural gas storage report will be out at 9:30 a.m.
Weather
A system moving out of the Rockies will continue to build scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of the middle of the country on Thursday. Thunderstorms could be strong to severe from central Texas into southern Kansas. The heavier rainfall, though patchy, is needed in the region. A small batch of heavier snow is forecast for northeast Colorado and southwestern Nebraska.