Key Events for Thursday for your portfolios. Beware of September

Key Events for Thursday
7:30 AM ET. Aug Challenger Job-Cut Report

Job Cuts, M/M (previous +49%)

8:15 AM ET. Aug ADP National Employment Report

Private Payrolls Forecast (expected +215000; previous +218000)

8:30 AM ET. 2nd Quarter Revised Productivity & Costs

Non-Farm Productivity (expected +2.3%; previous -3.2%)

Unit Labor Costs (expected +0.7%; previous +5.7%)

8:30 AM ET. Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims

Weekly Jobless Claims (expected 300K; previous 298K)

Weekly Jobless Claims Net Change (previous -1K)

Cont Jobless Claims (prior week) (previous 2527000)

Cont Jobless Claims Net Chg (prior week) (previous +25K)

8:30 AM ET. July U.S. International Trade in Goods & Services

Deficit (expected -42.5B; previous -41.54B)

Exports (previous 195.86B)

Exports Percent Change (previous +0.1%)

Imports (previous 237.4B)

Imports Percent Change (previous -1.2%)

9:45 AM ET. Aug US Services PMI

9:45 AM ET. Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index

10:00 AM ET. Aug ISM Non-Manufacturing Report on Business

Non-Mfg Composite Index (expected 57.5; previous 58.7)

Non-Manufacturing Business Index (previous 62.4)

Prices Index (previous 60.9)

Employment Index (previous 56)

New Orders Index (previous 64.9)

10:00 AM ET. DJ-BTMU U.S. Business Barometer

DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (previous +0%)

DJ-BTMU Business Barometer (52 Wk) (previous +1.2%)

10:30 AM ET. EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report

Total Working Gas in Storage (previous 2630B)

Total Working Gas in Storage (Net Change) (previous +75B)

11:00 AM ET. Aug Global Services PMI

PMI, Services (previous 56)

11:00 AM ET. EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report

Crude Oil Stocks (previous 360.48M)

Crude Oil Stocks (Net Change) (previous -2.07M)

Gasoline Stocks (previous 212.31M)

Gasoline Stocks (Net Change) (previous -0.96M)

Distillate Stocks (previous 122.79M)

Distillate Stocks (Net Change) (previous +1.25M)

Refinery Usage (previous 93.5%)

Total Products Supplied (previous 19.18M)

Total Products Supplied (Net Change) (previous -0.7M)

12:00 PM ET. Aug ICSC Chain Store Sales Trends

4:30 PM ET. Federal Discount Window Borrowings

4:30 PM ET. Money Stock Measures

4:30 PM ET. Foreign Central Bank

8:30 AM ET. U.S. Weekly Export Sales

Corn, In Metric Tons (previous 663K)

Soybeans, In Metric Tons (previous 1228K)

Wheat, In Metric Tons (previous 403.6K)

8:30 AM ET. Aug U.S. Employment Report

Non-Farm Payrolls (expected +220K; previous +209K)

Unemployment Rate (expected 6.1%; previous 6.2%)

Average Hourly Earnings (previous 24.45)

Average Hourly Earnings Net Change (expected +0.2; previous +0.01)

Manufacturing Payrolls (previous +28K)

Overall Workweek (previous 34.5)

Overall Workweek Net Change (previous +0)

Service Producing Payrolls (previous +151K)

Government Payrolls (previous +11K)

Federal Payrolls (previous +0)

Non-Farm Payrolls (Bench Net Chg)

Private Payroll (previous +198K)