Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Thursday:
• At 8:15 AM ET, The ADP Employment Report for August. This report is for private payrolls only (no government). The consensus is for 72,000 payroll jobs added in August, down from 104,000 in July.
• At 8:30 AM, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for initial claims to increase to 232 thousand from 229 thousand last week.
• Also at 8:30 AM, Trade Balance report for July from the Census Bureau. The consensus is the trade deficit to be $64.2 billion. The U.S. trade deficit was at $60.2 Billion the previous month.
• At 10:00 AM, the ISM Services Index for August.