USDA's weekly export sales report is due out at 7:30 a.m. CDT Thursday, the same time as weekly U.S. jobless claims, second-quarter U.S. productivity and an update of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor. A U.S. manufacturing index will be out at 9 a.m., followed by the Energy Department's weekly report of natural gas storage at 9:30 a.m. USDA's monthly Fats and Oils report will be out at 2 p.m.
Weather
A small system is moving through the Midwest on Thursday. It produced severe thunderstorms in the Western Corn Belt Wednesday and is likely to produce some additional severe weather Thursday as well. Heat continues to be a big issue across the South and is building back up in the West.