THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

Monday	APRIL 28	Last Trading Day: MIDAM silver, gold, copper futures; NYMEX Alberta/Permian basin natural gas futures.
Tuesday	29	Commerce: Durable goods.
Wednesday	30	Commerce: GDP. Last Trading Day: CBOT 30-day Fed funds, yield-curve spread futures, yield-curve spread options on futures; CME Brazilian Real futures and options on futures; CSCE sugar #11 futures; NYMEX heating oil, propane, unleaded gas futures.
Thursday	MAY 1	Commerce: Construction spending, personal income. NAPM: Surveys.
Friday	2	Labor: Leading indicators, employment. USDA: Poultry slaughter. Last Trading Day: CME live cattle, pork bellies options on futures, rolling spot options; CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, cocoa, coffee, milk, nonfat dry milk options on futures;

Monday	MAY 5
Tuesday	6	Commerce: Factory orders.
Wednesday	7	Commerce: Consumer credit, wholesale trade, productivity and costs. Federal Reserve: Beige book.
Thursday	8
Friday	9	Last Trading Day: CME currencies cross rates futures on options; CSCE sugar #11 optios on futures; FINEX U.S. Dollar cross-rates, U.S. Dollar options on futures; NYCE FCOJ futures, potato options on futures; NYMEX crude oil, gold, platinum options on futures.

Monday	MAY 12	USDA: Crop Production.
Tuesday	13	Commerce: Retail trade. Last Trading Day: MIDAM soybean meal futures, soybean oil futures.
Wednesday	14	Commerce: Business sales and inventories. Labor: PPI. Last Trading Day: CSCE cocoa futures.
Thursday	15	Federal Reserve: Industrial production. Labor: CPI, real earnings. Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; CME GSCI futures, options on futures, lumber futures; TSE/TFE indexes futures and options.
Friday	16	USDA: Cattle on feed. Commerce: Housing starts. Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equite index options; CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-year T-notes options on futures, Brady bonds options, DAP options on futures, Muni bonds options, U.S. T-bonds options on futures; CME 13-week T-bills, Brady bonds, Eurodollar, Euromark, FT-SE 100 index, IPC index, NASDAQ 100 index, Nikkei 225 index, Russell 2000, S&P 400, 500 index options on futures, GSCI futures and options; KCBT Mini Value Line options on futures; MGE Shrimp futures and options on futures; MIDAM gold options on futures, U.S. T-bonds options on futures; TSE/TFE equities options.

Monday	MAY 19	Last Trading Day: CBOT NH3 futures; CME currency forwards, eurodollars, Fed funds, LIBOR futures, LIBOR options on futures; CSCE coffee futures.
Tuesday	20	USDA: Cold storage. Last Trading Day: CBOT corn, DAP, oats, rice, soybean meal, soybeanoil, soybeans, wheat futures; FINEX Emerging Markets Debt Index futures; KCBT wheat futures; MGE barley, wheat futures; MIDAM corn, oats, soybeans, wheat futures; NYMEX crude oil futures.
Wednesday	21	Commerce: International trade. Labor: Import/export price index. Last Trading Day: CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, milk, nonfat dry milk futures.
Thursday	22	USDA: Cotton consumption and stocks. Last Trading Day: NYMEX natural gas options on futures.
Friday	23	USDA: Livestock slaughter. Last Trading Day: KCBT Western natural gas options on futures; NYMEX electricity, heating oil, unleaded gas options on futures, natural gas futures.

Monday	MAY 26	Holiday: Memorial Day.
Tuesday	27	NAR: Existing home sales. Conference Board: Consumer confidence. Last Trading Day: CBOT gold, silver futures; CME pork bellies futures; KCBT Western natural gas futures; MIDAM platinum futures; NYMEX Alberta/Permian Basian natural gas, copper, options on futures, electricty, palladium, platinum futures.
Wednesday	28	Commerce: Durable goods. Last Trading Day: MIDAM gold, silver futures; NYMEX Alberta/Permiam Basin natural gas, copper, gold, silver futures.
Thursday	29	Coference Board: Help wanted ads index. Last Trading Day: CME feeder cattle futures and options on futures.
Friday	30	Commerce: Home sales, gross domestic product. USDA: Agricultural prices. Last Trading Day: CBOT 30-day Fed funds, yield curve spread futures and options on futures; CME Brazilian Real futures and options on futures; NYMEX heating oil, propane, unleaded gas futures.

Monday	June 2	Commerce: Construction spending, personal income and spending. NAPM: Surveys.
Tuesday	3	Labor: Leading economic indicators.
Wednesday	4	Commerce: Factory orders. USDA: Poultry slaughter.
Thursday	5
Friday	6	Commerce: Wholesale trade. Federal Reserve: Consumer credit. Last Trading Day: CME Canadian Dollar, currencies/cross rates, live cattle options on futures, rolling spot options; CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, cocoa, milk, nonfat dry milk options on futures; FINEX U.S. Dollar cross-rates, U.S. Dollar Index options on futures; NYCE cotton futures.