Good morning. Futures are restrained as investors await the release of key economic data, namely the Producer Price Index (PPI) and Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims. Both will be instrumental in discerning what direction the market is going today. More on that below.

Update: 7:33 a.m. ET

Earnings Today: JD, Deere, NetEase

There’s 171 earnings reports on deck this Thursday, with 58 set for this morning, per data from TipRanks. 

Among the largest this morning are coming from Deere DE, NetEase  (NTES) , and JD  (JD) , among others.

Here are the top ten reports, sorted by market cap:

A.M. Earnings (Aug. 14, 2025)

Economic Data

In about an hour’s time, we’ll receive the bulk of economic data for the day. Per data sourced from TradingEconomics, the largest readouts to watch will be…

8:30 a.m. ET

• Producer Price Index (PPI) [Prev: 0%] [Consensus: +0.2%]
• Core PPI [Prev: 0%] [Consensus: +0.2%]
• Initial Jobless Claims [Prev: 226,000] [Consensus: 228,000]
• Continuing Jobless Claims [Prev: 1,974,000] [Consensus: 1,960,000]

Plus, at 2:00 p.m. ET, Fed President Barkin will be speaking. Commentary from various Fed leaders in recent days has been illuminative into how the central bank is looking at economic data, in light of information which has been as supportive of a September rate cut.