Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg

Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.

Thursday:
• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released.  The consensus is for 256 thousand initial claims, up from 248 thousand last week.

• At 8:30 AM, the Philly Fed manufacturing survey for August. The consensus is for a reading of -10.0, up from -13.5.