The Associated Press

Major business and economic events scheduled for Thursday:

All times are Eastern.

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for August, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Trial continues in the lawsuit over the handling of 2008 bailout of AIG.

WASHINGTON — Pew report on global income inequality released, 9:30 a.m.

NEW YORK — Selected chain retailers release September sales.

BERLIN — Germany’s Federal Statistical Office releases export and import data for August.

NEW YORK — PepsiCo reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.

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